Megnyomtuk

Megnyomtuk is the first-person plural past tense form of the Hungarian verb megnyomni, meaning to press or to push. It translates to “we pressed” or “we have pressed” and is used when the speaker and others performed the action of pressing a button, key, or switch. The verb is transitive and typically requires a definite direct object, such as a gomb (button) or kapcsoló (switch).

Morphology and etymology: The form combines the prefix meg- with the verb stem nyomni (to press) to indicate a completed action, plus the past-tense suffix -tuk, which marks 1st person plural with a definite object. For example, megnyomtuk a gombot means “we pressed the button.” Other related forms exist for different subjects (e.g., megnyomtad, megnyomta, megnyomtuk, megnyomtátok, megnyomták).

Usage notes: Megnyomtuk is commonly used in everyday language when the object of pressing is explicit or understood from context. It can describe physical actions (pressing a button on a device) as well as figurative uses (pressing a key on a computer, or pressing for a result) where the sense of completion is implied.

Examples:

- Megnyomtuk a gombot. – We pressed the button.

- Megnyomtuk a bekapcsoló gombot. – We pressed the power button.

See also: megnyomni (to press), nyomni (to press), and typical conjugations of megnyomni for other subjects and tenses.