növelték

Növelték is a Hungarian verb form derived from növelni, meaning to increase or to raise. It is the third-person plural past tense form, used with a plural subject to indicate that something was increased in the past. As a transitive verb, növelték takes a direct object that designates what was increased, for example a költségvetést (the budget), a bevételeket (revenues), or a díjat (the fee).

In practice, növelték appears frequently in news reporting, business language, and formal prose when describing actions taken by governments, companies, or organizations. For instance: A vállalat bevételeit növelték. A kormány a költségvetést növelte, majd később növelték a kiadásokat. The form can be contrasted with növelte (singular). The corresponding forms for other subjects are növelem, növeled, növeli in the present or növelte, növelték, növeltük in the past, depending on the grammatical person and number.

Etymologically, növelték comes from the root növel- (to increase) with typical Hungarian past-tense and plural suffixes attached. The word is primarily used to convey completed action affecting an object and is distinct from intransitive equivalents such as növekedett, which would describe something growing on its own rather than being increased by an agent.

In sum, növelték is the standard plural past tense form for “they increased,” widely used in Hungarian writing to report deliberate actions that raised a value, amount, or level.