kínlódik

Etymology

kín (“pain”) +‎ -lódik (“verb-forming suffix”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkiːnloːdik]
• Hyphenation: kín‧ló‧dik

Verb

kínlódik

1. (intransitive) to suffer with pain, agonize

   Sokat kínlódtam a betegségem alatt. ― I suffered a lot during my illness.

2. (intransitive) to struggle (with a task, followed by -val/-vel)

   Még mindig a a régi szerszámokkal kínlódik . ― He is still struggling with the old tools.

3. (intransitive) to scrape by, to live in poverty, to barely sustain oneself