rosszabbodtak
Rosszabbodtak is the past tense, third-person plural form of the Hungarian verb rosszabbodni, meaning to worsen or deteriorate. It describes a situation in which multiple subjects or phenomena became worse in the past. It is typically used for non-agentive changes: conditions or states that have grown more negative over time.
Linguistic notes: rosszabbodni is an intransitive verb formed from the stem rosszabbod- plus the infinitive suffix
Usage: common in reporting, analysis, and narrative contexts describing deterioration in health, economy, weather, services, or
- A helyzetek rosszabbodtak az elmúlt hónapokban. The situations have worsened in the past months.
- A járvány hatásai rosszabbodtak, így sürgős intézkedésekre volt szükség. The effects of the epidemic worsened, so
- Az infláció és a munkaerőpiac együttesen rosszabbodtak 2024-ben. Inflation and the labor market worsened together in
Notes: As a grammatical form, rosszabbodtak always requires a plural subject; for singular subjects, use rosszabbodott.