Hazudtak

Hazudtak is the third person plural past tense form of the Hungarian verb hazudni, meaning "to lie." It is used to describe lies told by multiple subjects in the past, for example in narration, reporting, or testimony.

In Hungarian, the past tense is formed by adding a past suffix to the verb stem. For hazudni, the past plural form is hazudtak, derived from hazud- plus the ending tak. The full conjugation across persons is: hazudtam (I lied), hazudtál (you lied), hazudott (he/she lied), hazudtunk (we lied), hazudtatok (you all lied), hazudtak (they lied). The -tak ending signals third person plural in this tense.

Usage notes include its role in factual reporting of past events, whether in news, court, or everyday speech. It can be combined with pronouns or objects to clarify who lied or what was lied about, such as "ők hazudtak" (they lied) or "azt hazudták" (they lied about that). The verb carries a clear negative moral or factual implication, similar to "lie" in English, and does not inherently imply intent beyond the statement that falsehoods were told.

Compared forms such as hazudik (present tense: lie) and hazudott (third person singular past) exist to cover different subjects and tenses. Hazudtak remains the standard form when referring to lies told by multiple people in the past.