Tartalmaz

Tartalmaz is a Hungarian verb meaning to contain, to include, or to comprise. It is used to indicate that a whole includes certain elements or components. The action is transitive and typically takes a direct object in the accusative case to specify what is inside or part of something.

In ordinary usage, the structure is subject + tartalmaz + object. For example: "A doboz tartalmaz egy alkatrészt" means "The box contains a component." The verb can describe products, texts, data sets, or any collection that holds other items. A synonymous construction is magában foglal, as in "A könyv magában foglal több fejezetet."

Morphology and examples: the infinitive is tartalmazni; the past tense is tartalmazott (he/she/it contained). The present tense forms vary with subject, but the common present usage is "tartalmaz" in neutral statements, and "tartalmazza" can appear in a clause with a specific syntactic arrangement. For negation, magyar uses nem tartalmaz.

Etymology and related terms: tartalmaz derives from the noun tartalom (content) with derivational prefixes and suffixes, reflecting the sense of containing elements. Related words include tartalom (content), tartalmazó (containing), and a synonym pair such as magában foglal.

See also: tartalom, magában foglal, tartalmazás, tartalmazó.