Meggátolta

Meggátolta is a Hungarian verb form meaning "prevented" or "blocked," and it is the past tense, third-person singular form of the verb meggátol, which means to hinder or prevent. It is used to describe a completed action in which someone or something stopped an event, process, or outcome from occurring. The form is common in news reporting, legal language, and everyday speech when indicating that a planned development did not happen because of an intervening action.

Origin and form: The verb meggátol is built from the noun gát, meaning barrier, with the prefix meg- that adds a sense of completion or emphasis in Hungarian. The past tense is formed by adding the suffix -ta, giving meggátolta for the third person singular. The present tense is meggátolja, and the past plural is meggátolták.

Usage notes and examples: It is used when describing actions that effectively prevented an event. Examples include: "A rendőrség meggátolta a szökést." (The police prevented the escape.) "A javaslatot meggátolta a parlamenti vita." (The parliamentary debate prevented the proposal.) "A sztrájk meggátolta a termelést." (The strike blocked production.) The term often implies a decisive interference rather than mere delay and is common in formal reporting as well as narrative contexts.