keresztet vet

Hungarian

Etymology

kereszt (“cross”) +‎ -et (accusative suffix) +‎ vet (“to throw, cast”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɛrɛstɛtvɛt]

Verb

keresztet vet

1. (idiomatic) to cross oneself (to make the sign of the cross)
2. (idiomatic, usually with -het, used with -ra/-re) one can give up something as lost, one can consider it a lost cause

   Ha tíz év alatt sem adják meg az adósságodat, akkor arra keresztet vethetsz. ― If your debt is not paid back in ten years, you can consider it lost.

Conjugation

• For the verb, see vet.
• The inflected noun keresztet remains unchanged.