táblázatba

Táblázatba is a Hungarian postpositional phrase formed from the noun táblázat, meaning “table” or “chart,” plus the directional suffix -ba, which indicates movement toward the inside of something or placement into it. The combination táblázatba therefore means “into the table” or “to the table.” It is used to describe actions that place data, items, or information inside a table or to indicate that information is presented in tabular form.

In practice, táblázatba is commonly used with verbs of entering, placing, or organizing data. Examples include beírni (to enter), visz (to put), or rendezni (to arrange): for instance, "Az adatokat a táblázatba viszi," meaning “He puts the data into the table,” or "A számokat táblázatba írja be," meaning “He enters the numbers into the table,” and "A jelentést táblázatba kerül," meaning “The report is placed into the table.”

Distinctions are important in Hungarian. Táblázatba expresses movement toward placing something inside a table, whereas táblázatban means “in the table” as a location inside the table itself. Related forms include táblázatban (in the table) and other directional variants like táblázatból (out of the table) and táblázatok (tables).

Contextual use spans everyday office tasks, data processing, and documentation, especially when describing how information is organized, stored, or displayed in spreadsheets or databases. As a fixed collocation, táblázatba helps specify the destination or target of the action: the table into which data are inserted or arranged.