No. 133 in Hungarian
számos
"Számos" means "numerous" or "several" in English.
In a sentence
Számos érdekes könyvet olvastam múlt hónapban.
I read numerous interesting books last month.
In this sentence, 'számos' is used to indicate a considerable quantity of something, similar to the English word 'numerous'. It emphasizes the variety or count of the books.
A projekt számos lépést igényel.
The project requires numerous steps.
Here, 'számos' describes the complexity or multiple stages of the project, indicating that it involves many steps.
Számos alkalommal találkoztunk az étteremben.
We met at the restaurant on numerous occasions.
In this case, 'számos' is used to highlight the frequent occurrence of the meetings, suggesting they happened many times.
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