de szép lettél

English translation: you turned out so beautiful

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Hungarian term or phrase:de szép lettél
English translation:you turned out so beautiful
Entered by: Marco Schaumloeffel

15:37 Jul 1, 2009
Hungarian to English translations [PRO]
Science - Botany
Hungarian term or phrase: de szép lettél
the text (originally in German) presents this expression, the context is garden/flowers/plants. What does it mean?
Something like: "but what a beautiful/nice .... "
Marco Schaumloeffel
Local time: 09:44
you turned out so beautiful
Explanation:
It is a bit strange for the context you described - is somebody talking to a plant in your text?
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Katalin Horváth McClure
United States
Local time: 09:44
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1how beautiful you've become! or how beautiful you turned out!
Lingua.Franca
4 +1you turned out so beautiful
Katalin Horváth McClure
4How beautiful you have grown!
Renata Korpics


  

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how beautiful you've become! or how beautiful you turned out!


Explanation:
Even "look at how beautiful you are" would work.

Lingua.Franca
Spain
Local time: 15:44
Native speaker of: English

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agree  Sonia Soros
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
you turned out so beautiful


Explanation:
It is a bit strange for the context you described - is somebody talking to a plant in your text?

Katalin Horváth McClure
United States
Local time: 09:44
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian
PRO pts in category: 8
Notes to answerer
Asker: right, it is strange, but - in fact - somebody is talking to a plant!


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agree  Sonia Soros
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20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
How beautiful you have grown!


Explanation:
The verb "grow" can be used to denote development over a period of time, and now it is about a plant; so ... how about making good use of this?

I suggest: "How beautiful you have grown!"

Renata Korpics
Hungary
Local time: 15:44
Native speaker of: Hungarian
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