féltekéjére

Féltekéjére is a Hungarian adverb formed from the noun “félteké” (half‑turn) and the particle “-e”. It literally means “by a half turn” or “through a rotation of 180 degrees”. The term is typically used to describe the result of rotating an object, person, or a situation completely around, often in a figurative sense. In everyday speech one may hear instructions such as “Fordítsd feltekéjére a szék” (Turn the chair around) or “Átfordulunk féltekéjére” (We will face the other direction). The phrase is also found in idiomatic contexts, for example “ismételten féltekéjére” to describe a repetitive reversal of the same error.

Comparatively, English equivalents include “turn around”, “flip over”, or “about face”. The expression is rooted in the medieval Hungarian practice of referring to a complete reversal of orientation as a “half‑turn” in a circle of 360 degrees, leaving the starting point but with opposite orientation. In literature and media it often underscores a dramatic change or a spherical motion. The usage varies across dialects; in some regions “féltekéjére” may also signify turning something left or right by 180 degrees, whereas in others it strictly means a full reversal. The term appears in legal and technical contexts: for example, “az épület oldalát féltekéjére” refers to a building’s façade from the opposite side.