No. 396 in Hungarian
meghalt
"Meghalt" means "died" in English.
In a sentence
A nagymamám meghalt tíz évvel ezelőtt.
My grandmother passed away ten years ago.
In this sentence, 'meghalt' is used in its core meaning to indicate the death of a person.
A virág meghalt, mert nem locsolták meg.
The flower withered because it was not watered.
Here, 'meghalt' is used metaphorically to describe the dying of a flower.
A projekt tegnap végleg meghalt.
The project finally died yesterday.
In this context, 'meghalt' is used figuratively to describe the cessation of a project.
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