Megérintették
Megérintették is the Hungarian third-person plural simple past tense form of the verb megérinteni, which literally means “to touch” but is often used metaphorically to signify influence, impact or contact with ideas, people, or events. The verb megérinteni derives from the root érint, related to erő, “to feel,” combined with the prefix meg‑, which gives the verb a transitive, completed sense. Megérintették is therefore commonly translated as “they touched” or “they affected” in English.
In everyday speech the term is most frequently employed to describe the way a person, a political
In Hungarian cinema and literature its use often highlights the emotional resonance of a character’s actions.
The form is historically linked to similar Hungarian constructions such as megérintettek (noun, “the touched”) and
The usage of megérintették therefore reflects the Hungarian linguistic tendency to blend physical contact with metaphorical