tavasszal

Tavasszal is a Hungarian adverb meaning “in spring” or “during the spring season.” It is used to indicate the time when an action occurs or a state is true, with spring as the reference period. The form is widely used in both spoken and written Hungarian to situate events within the season of spring.

In everyday language tavasszal denotes a general, non-year-specific spring. For example, one might say, “Tavasszal virágzik a természet,” meaning that nature blossoms during spring. The word can also appear in formal or literary contexts to describe seasonal occurrences, such as agricultural cycles, school calendars, or cultural events that take place in spring. When a speaker wishes to refer to a specific spring within a particular year, another form, “tavaszán,” is often used, as in “tavaszán 1848,” to anchor the reference to that year’s spring.

Phonology and morphology: tavasszal is formed from the noun “tavasz” (spring) with a seasonal adverbial suffix that yields a general time-reference meaning. This word exists alongside other seasonal adverbs such as nyáron (in summer), ősszel (in autumn), and télen (in winter), which are used to situate events in relation to the seasons.

See also: Hungarian time expressions, Hungarian seasonal adverbs, tavasz (spring).