No. 890 in Hungarian
okoz
"To cause" or "to result in."
In a sentence
Az eső árvizet okozott.
The rain caused a flood.
'Okoz' is used here to indicate a direct causation between the rain and the flood.
Ez a probléma sok kellemetlenséget okozott nekünk.
This problem caused us many inconveniences.
'Okoz' expresses here a figurative cause, linking the problem to the inconveniences experienced.
A fájdalom, amit a baleset okozott, sokáig megmaradt.
The pain caused by the accident lingered for a long time.
'Okoz' functions to show the source of the pain in this case being the accident.
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