reális

Reális is a Hungarian adjective meaning "realistic" or "corresponding to reality." It describes something that is practical, achievable or accords with facts and experience. In everyday usage reális often qualifies expectations, plans or assessments (e.g., reális elvárások — realistic expectations).

The term appears in several specialized contexts. In the arts and literature it denotes faithful depiction of observable life or plausibility of characters and events. In philosophy it is related to the broader notion of realism, which asserts that certain entities or truths exist independently of perception. In mathematics and natural sciences the adjective appears in fixed expressions such as reális szám (real number) to distinguish real-valued quantities from imaginary or abstract ones. In economics and finance reális jelzős form (e.g., reális hozam, reális jövedelem) indicates values adjusted for inflation or expressed in constant purchasing power.

Etymology traces reális to Latin realis ("relating to things"), adopted into modern European languages and subsequently into Hungarian. Morphologically it follows Hungarian adjective patterns (comparative reálisabb, superlative legreálisabb). The antonym is irreális, meaning unrealistic or fanciful. The word is common in both formal and informal registers to signal practicality, factualness or empirical grounding.