szia

Hungarian phrasebook

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Abbreviation of szervusz.

• IPA^(key): [ˈsijɒ]

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• Hyphenation: szia
• Rhymes: -ɒ, -jɒ

szia

1. (informal) hi
2. (informal) bye, see ya, so long

Used both for “hello” and “goodbye” when said to a single person. The plural form is sziasztok.

• szia in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN