tölti

Tölti is the third-person singular present indicative form of the Hungarian verb tölteni, which means to fill, to stuff, or to load. The infinitive tölteni yields a range of present tense forms such as töltöm, töltöd, tölti, töltjük, töltitek, töltik. In everyday use, tölti marks actions performed by a he/she/it subject.

The verb has both literal and figurative senses. Literally, it is used for filling containers or objects, for example: A poharat tölti (He/She fills the glass). In a temporal sense it is used to express spending time, as in Az időt tölti (He/She spends time). This time-related use is common in phrases like Az időt olvasással tölti (He/She spends time reading).

Grammatical notes emphasize that tölti governs a direct object in the accusative when referring to filling something concrete, while when referring to spending time the object is typically time-oriented (időt, az időt). The form tölti corresponds to a third-person subject, and other persons use the respective forms of tölteni (én töltöm, te töltöd, mi töltjük, ti töltitek, ők töltik).

Related expressions include időt tölteni and töltés as a noun form referring to filling or charging in certain contexts. The root tölti is connected to the broader verb family tölteni, which covers both physical filling and figurative time-spending meanings.