meggátolták

Meggátolták is a Hungarian verb form meaning “they prevented” or “they blocked.” It is the past tense, third-person plural form of the verb meggátol, which means to hinder, to prevent from happening, or to obstruct.

The verb is built from the root gátol (to hinder, to block) with the prefix meg-, which often indicates a completed or total action. The stem becomes meggátol-, and the past tense suffix -ták is added for the third-person plural. In sentences, meggátolták is typically used with a direct object in the accusative case, indicating what was prevented or blocked, for example by authorities, organizations, or individuals.

Usage of meggátolták occurs mainly in reporting, journalism, and political or administrative discourse. It conveys that a planned event, action, or process was successfully halted by others. The term is closely related to, but slightly more specific than, synonyms such as akadályozták (they obstructed) or megakadályozták (they prevented, with a sense of stopping a process).

Examples:

- A hatóságok meggátolták a tiltakozók útvonalát. (The authorities blocked the route of the protesters.)

- A képviselők meggátolták a törvénytervezet elfogadását. (The representatives prevented the passage of the legislative proposal.)

Noun forms include meggátolás (the act of preventing) and meggátolt állapot (a state of being blocked).