Hungarian word of the day!

It’s been a while since we posted a lovely Hungarian word, but they say it is better late than never. Well, the following expression is quite useful even though its literal meaning is not something you would think of when expressing distance.

Egy köpésre van. [ˈɛɟ køpeːʃrɛ vɑn] – It’s close. 
[Literally::: It’s a spit away.; It’s spit-far.] 

Egy köpésnyire van. [ˈɛɟ køpeːʃɲirɛ vɑn] – It’s close. 
[Literally::: It’s for a spit-distance.; It’s spit-far.] 

köpésnyi [ˈkøpeːʃɲi] – spit-distance; spit-far 
köpés [ˈkøpeːʃ] – a spit 
köpni [ˈkøpni] – to spit