Meghallgat

Meghallgat is a Hungarian verb meaning to listen to someone speaking or to hear something, often with the sense of giving attentive consideration or hearing out testimony. It is a transitive verb and is used with a direct object in the accusative.

Etymology and forms: the verb combines hallgat (to listen or to be quiet) with the prefix meg-, which adds a sense of completion or thoroughness. Related forms include meghallgatás (the act of listening or a hearing) and meghallgató (a listener). Meghallgat is conjugated like a regular Hungarian verb: én meghallgatok, te meghallgatsz, ő meghallgat, mi meghallgatunk, ti meghallgattok, ők meghallgatnak. Past tense forms are meghallgattam, meghallgattad, meghallgatta, etc. The meaning can range from simply listening to someone, to listening to testimony in a formal setting.

Usage notes: meghallgat often conveys the idea of hearing someone out, or conducting a hearing in a formal context such as a court or commission. In legal or administrative language, meghallgatás refers to the process or session during which testimony or statements are heard, while meghallgató denotes the person who listens (the audience, the witness, or the examiner in some contexts).

Examples:

- A bíró meghallgatta a tanút. (The judge listened to the witness.)

- A bizottság több szakértőt meghallgatott a tárgyaláson. (The committee listened to several experts at the hearing.)

- A végső meghallgatás után dönt a bíróság. (After the final hearing, the court makes a decision.)