No. 791 in Hungarian
labdarúgó
"Labdarúgó" means "football player" or "soccer player" in English.
In a sentence
A magyar labdarúgócsapat tegnap este győzött.
The Hungarian football team won last night.
In this sentence, 'labdarúgócsapat' is a compound noun derived from 'labdarúgó' (football player) and 'csapat' (team), meaning football team.
Cristiano Ronaldit a világ egyik legjobb labdarúgójának tartják.
Cristiano Ronaldo is considered one of the best football players in the world.
Here, 'labdarúgónak' is the dative form of 'labdarúgó', referring to a football player in a grammatical structure indicating possession.
Az iskolában labdarúgó-mérkőzést szerveztek a diákok számára.
A football match was organized for students at the school.
The term 'labdarúgó-mérkőzés' incorporates 'labdarúgó' (football player) as an attributive descriptor of a match type, meaning football match.
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