Vonatkozó

Vonatkozó is a Hungarian adjective meaning relevant, pertinent, or applicable, used to indicate that something concerns or applies to a particular subject, matter, or context. It is common in formal, administrative, legal, and academic language to specify what is being discussed or referenced, for example vonatkozó jogszabály (the relevant regulation) or vonatkozó adatok (the relevant data).

The adverbial form vonatkozóan can be used to introduce a clause or provide context, as in expressions that refer to matters already described or specified: vonatkozóan megfogalmazott kérdésekre válaszolunk (we respond to questions formulated regarding the matter). The word is derived from the verb vonatkozik, meaning to pertain or relate to, and the adjective agrees with the noun it modifies in gender, number, and case: a vonatkozó hatóság (the relevant authority), a vonatkozó dokumentum (the relevant document), a vonatkozó részletek (the relevant details).

Usage notes: vonatkozó is widely used in official documents, legal texts, policy papers, and research writing, where precision about relevance is important. It is often interchangeable with the synonym releváns in many contexts, although vonatkozó carries a more formal, domain-specific nuance. In everyday language, simpler terms may be used, but in bureaucratic or technical prose, vonatkozó helps indicate exact applicability to a given framework or rule set.