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akármennyire
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Hungarian
Etymology
From akármennyi + -re.
Pronunciation
Adverb
akármennyire (not comparable)
- however, however much, no matter how much, much as (to whatever extent or degree; in whatever way or manner)
- Synonym: bármennyire
- Akármennyire nehéz, ezt be kell fejezni. ― However difficult it is, it has to be completed.
- Akármennyire is szeretnénk, nem tudunk elmenni. ― Much as we’d love to, we can’t go.
Pronoun
akármennyire
See also
1 Semhogy and semmint are conjunctions meaning “(rather) than”, “before” (as in inkább meghal, semhogy… ― he'll rather die than…).
2 Valamint is now only used in the sense of “as well as” in enumerations.
3 Mindeddig/-addig mean “up until this/that point” (= egészen eddig/addig).
Csak following relative pronouns expresses “-ever”, e.g. aki csak (“whoever”); is after “any” pronouns emphasizes “no matter”: akármit is (“no matter what”).
Further reading
- akármennyire in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
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