Padrão de uso:
to have/get [a bruise]
She had a large bruise on her arm after bumping into the door.
Nagy zúzódás volt a karján, miután nekiment az ajtónak.
The soccer player showed the reporter a nasty bruise on his leg.
A futballista megmutatta az újságírónak a lábán lévő csúnya zúzódást.
It took two weeks for the bruise to fade completely.
He covered the bruise with makeup before the meeting.
Exemplos para aprendentes
I have a bruise on my knee.
Kék folt van a térdemen.
Her bruise is big and purple.
Nagy és lila a véraláfutása.
He got a bruise when he fell.
The bruise will go away soon.
Erro comum:
Learners sometimes confuse 'bruise' with 'cut'; a bruise does not break the skin.
Significado
Injury causing skin discoloration
Colocações
bad bruise
|painful bruise
|fade bruise
|cover a bruise
|treat a bruise
Sinónimos
contusion (More formal and medical term for a bruise.)
Antónimos
unmarked skin (Describes skin without any discoloration or injury.)
Temas
health
|daily life
|body
Definição
A dark or purple mark on the skin made when you hit it and small blood vessels break.
An injury appearing as a discolored area on the skin, caused by a blow that breaks blood vessels but does not cut the skin.
Padrão de uso:
to bruise [part of the body]
She bruised her knee when she tripped on the stairs.
Megzúzta a térdét, amikor megbotlott a lépcsőn.
Be careful not to bruise your hand while moving the boxes.
Vigyázz, nehogy megzúzd a kezed a dobozok mozgatása közben.
He bruised easily because of his condition.
Exemplos para aprendentes
I bruised my leg yesterday.
Tegnap megzúztam a lábam.
He bruised his arm at work.
Munka közben megzúzta a karját.
She bruised her foot playing soccer.
Erro comum:
Learners may confuse 'bruise' as a verb with 'break' or 'cut', which involve different types of injury.
Significado
To injure skin without breaking it
Colocações
bruise easily
|bruise badly
|bruise someone's arm
Sinónimos
contuse (Technical medical term; rare in everyday speech.)
Antónimos
heal (Opposite in that it restores injured skin to normal.)
Temas
health
|daily life
|body
Definição
To hurt the skin so it changes color but is not cut.
To injure part of the body by causing blood vessels under the skin to break, resulting in discoloration, without cutting the skin.
Padrão de uso:
to bruise [a fruit/vegetable]
Be careful not to bruise the peaches when packing them.
Vigyázz, nehogy megnyomd az őszibarackokat csomagolás közben.
The apples were bruised during transport.
Az almák szállítás közben megnyomódtak.
Bruising the mint leaves helps release their flavor.
Exemplos para aprendentes
Do not bruise the bananas.
Ne nyomd meg a banánokat.
He bruised the apple when he dropped it.
Megnyomta az almát, amikor leejtette.
The grapes bruise easily.
Erro comum:
Learners sometimes think 'bruise' for fruit means cutting it, but it refers to soft spots and marks without breaking the skin.
Significado
To damage fruit or vegetable surface
Colocações
bruise an apple
|bruise easily (about fruit)
|lightly bruised mint leaves
Sinónimos
damage (General term; not specific to fruit or vegetables.)
Antónimos
keep fresh (Means to maintain fruit or vegetables without damage.)
Temas
food
|daily life
|food_drink
|daily_life
Definição
To damage fruit or vegetables so they have soft, dark spots.
To damage the surface of fruit or vegetables, making soft spots or discoloration appear, usually from being struck or pressed.
Padrão de uso:
to bruise [someone's] feelings/ego/pride
His harsh words bruised her feelings.
A durva szavai megbántották az érzéseit.
Losing the match bruised his pride.
A meccs elvesztése csorbát ejtett a büszkeségén.
The criticism bruised his ego, but he learned from it.
Exemplos para aprendentes
Her words bruised his feelings.
A szavai megbántották az érzéseit.
The loss bruised his pride.
A vereség csorbát ejtett a büszkeségén.
He was bruised by the bad comment.
Erro comum:
Learners may take this figurative use literally and misunderstand that it refers to emotions, not physical injury.
Significado
To hurt feelings or pride
Colocações
bruise someone's ego
|bruise feelings
Sinónimos
hurt (More general term for causing emotional pain.)
Antónimos
encourage (Opposite in that it boosts someone's confidence instead of damaging it.)
Temas
emotions
|relationships
Definição
To make someone feel bad or less confident because of something you said or did.
To cause someone emotional pain or damage their confidence, often by criticism or rejection.