revolt
gb/ɹɪvˈoʊlt/ us/ɹɪvˈoʊlt/
B1
Inglese
~ 5000
fellázad, felkel, lázad, undorít, felháborít, visszataszít, lázadás, felkelés
VERBO
B2
1
Schema d'uso:
to revolt against [someone/something]
The citizens decided to revolt against the corrupt regime.
A polgárok úgy döntöttek, hogy fellázadnak a korrupt rezsim ellen.
Workers threatened to revolt if their demands were not met.
A munkások azzal fenyegetőztek, hogy fellázadnak, ha nem teljesítik a követeléseiket.
The army revolted after months without pay.
Esempi per chi studia
The people revolted against the king.
Az emberek fellázadtak a király ellen.
The soldiers revolted because they were hungry.
A katonák fellázadtak, mert éhesek voltak.
The workers revolted when they lost their jobs.
Errore comune:
Learners sometimes confuse 'revolt' with 'revolve'; 'revolve' means to turn around, not to fight against authority.
Significato
Rise against authority
Collocazioni
revolt against the government
|military revolt
|popular revolt
|armed revolt
Sinonimi
rebel (Often used more broadly for resisting authority; can be less organized or violent than 'revolt'.)
Contrari
submit (Means to accept authority or control rather than resist it.)
Temi
politics
|conflict
|history
|law
|core_vocabulary
Definizione
To fight against a ruler or government to try to change or remove them.
To take organized and often violent action to resist or overthrow a ruler, government, or authority.
VERBO
B2
2
Schema d'uso:
to revolt [someone]
The cruelty of the experiment revolted the animal rights activists.
A kísérlet kegyetlensége felháborította az állatvédő aktivistákat.
His dishonesty revolted her.
A becstelensége undorította.
The smell of the garbage revolted everyone in the room.
Esempi per chi studia
The dirty room revolted me.
Undorított a koszos szoba.
The bad smell revolted her.
Undorította a rossz szag.
His lies revolted my friends.
Errore comune:
Learners sometimes confuse 'revolt' in this sense with physical rebellion; here it is about emotional reaction, not political action.
Significato
Cause disgust or shock
Collocazioni
revolt the public
|utterly revolted
|morally revolted
Sinonimi
disgust ('Disgust' is more common in everyday speech; 'revolt' can sound slightly stronger or more formal.)
Contrari
please (Means to make someone feel happy or satisfied instead of disgusted.)
Temi
emotions
|ethics
|communication
|core_vocabulary
Definizione
To make someone feel very bad or sick because something is unpleasant or wrong.
To make someone feel intense dislike, disgust, or moral shock.
SOSTANTIVO
B1
3
The revolt was crushed within days by the army.
A lázadást a hadsereg néhány nap alatt leverte.
A student revolt spread across the campus.
Diáklázadás terjedt végig az egyetemen.
The peasants' revolt changed the course of history.
Esempi per chi studia
The revolt started in the city.
A lázadás a városban kezdődött.
The king stopped the revolt quickly.
A király gyorsan leverte a lázadást.
The revolt lasted for two weeks.
Significato
Organized resistance or uprising
Collocazioni
stage a revolt
|suppress a revolt
|lead a revolt
|popular revolt
Sinonimi
uprising ('Uprising' is very close in meaning; sometimes used for smaller or shorter events than 'revolt'.)
Contrari
submission (The act of accepting authority without resistance.)
Temi
politics
|conflict
|history
|law
|core_vocabulary
Definizione
A fight by people against a ruler or government.
An organized and often violent attempt by a group of people to resist or overthrow a ruler, government, or other authority.
Grammatica
Forma base
revolt
IPA
GB/ɹɪvˈoʊlt/
US/ɹɪvˈoʊlt/
Sillabe e accento
re - volt (2 sillabe)
Stress on 2nd syllable (volt)
Forme flesse
Noun
- Base: revolt
- Plural: revolt, revolts
Verb
- Base: revolt
- 3rd Person Singular: revolts
- Present Participle: revolting
- Past: revolted
Famiglia di parole
Forms
revolts
noun
revolting
verb
revolted
verb
Related words
revolution
noun B1
revolutionary
adjective B2
Advanced or less common
revoltingly
adverb
Espressioni
revolt against
1/ɹɪvˈoʊlt əɡˈɛnst/
fixed phrase
Resist authority or rules
To fight or act strongly against someone in power or against rules you do not like.
Esempi
- The workers decided to revolt against unfair wages.
- Many young people revolted against traditional values in the 1960s.