pillantás

Pillantás is a Hungarian noun meaning a brief look or glance. It denotes a momentary act of looking at something, and it can also refer to the impression or expression seen in that brief look. The word is formed from the verb pillantani, “to glance,” with the nominalizing suffix -ás.

In usage, pillantás covers both literal acts of looking and figurative impressions. Common collocations include egy pillantás alatt (in a split second), egy pillantásra (at a glance, upon a glance), and első pillantás (first glance). The plural form is pillantások. Compared with nézés, which describes looking more generally or for a longer period, pillantás emphasizes brevity and often emotional or evaluative nuance.

In Hungarian literature and everyday speech, pillantás is used to describe appearances, first impressions, or the mood conveyed by a look, such as gyönyörű pillantás (a beautiful glance) or komor pillantás (a grave or somber look). It can occur in literal descriptions and metaphorical expressions, for example “pillantás a jövőbe” (a glance toward the future) or “pillantásba vetett hit” (trust placed in a glance or perception). The term thus functions both as a concrete noun and as a stylistic device in narrative and lyrical contexts.