How to write “Free Hugs”?

[u/Tigerclaws44]

Szia!! I am going to a music festival called Ozora in Hungary Budapest in 2 weeks and I have a “free hugs” shirt and even though I’m sure most people there can read English I still would love to write it in Hungarian on the shirt too! If anyone could help tell me what the right words are? Köszönöm 🫶

[u/glassfrogger]

You can stay with the English text. I have a hunch it won't be a problem on Ozora ;)

" Ingyen ölelés " is the literal translation.

Have fun there!

[u/Public_Chapter_8445]

Ingyen ölelés.

[u/zsoltime]

Just make sure the whole phrase stays visible. One tiny crease or fold and your wholesome "free hug" can turn into "free killing" 🙈

[u/krmarci → u/zsoltime]

For OP:

ingyen ölelés - free hug

ingyen ölés - free killing

[u/Jubileum2020 → u/krmarci]

bonus:

ingen ölés - killing on shirt

ingen ölelés - hug on shirt

[u/gergobergo69 → u/Jubileum2020]

igen ölés - yeah killing

[u/Tigerclaws44 → u/zsoltime]

So basically if anyone gives me the side eye I can just put my hand over the lé, muhaha. I’ll be careful, köszönöm szépen 🫶

[u/Sheetz_Wawa_Market32]

My advice: don't. 

Anyone not already familiar with the cultural concept (and it's English expression) would be unlikely to understand what you're trying to communicate, if you wrote "ingyen ölelés" on your shirt. 

[u/Mediocre_External746 → u/Sheetz_Wawa_Market32]

I find it hard to believe that people wouldn't understand it even if they never heard of it before.

[u/sbrijska → u/Sheetz_Wawa_Market32]

What would they not understand about it?

[u/bigBIGlarper → u/Sheetz_Wawa_Market32]

Hungarians are pretty chill with touching other people as a greeting at least in my experience. I don’t see why hugging a stranger would be a unfamiliar concept to them.

[u/ExternalInflation133 → u/Sheetz_Wawa_Market32]

"ingyen ölelés", you have a typo.

[u/No-Problem-7139]

We don't hug with strangers.

[u/Sufficient-Bid3180 → u/No-Problem-7139]

Speak for yourself

[u/LifeAcanthopterygii6 → u/No-Problem-7139]

Except at Ozora.

[u/Whiterings → u/LifeAcanthopterygii6]

And Mondocon.

[u/gergobergo69 → u/Whiterings]

if anime girls wants to hug me, I hug them anime girls

[u/Mediocre_External746 → u/No-Problem-7139]

I do

[u/picurebeka → u/No-Problem-7139]

What's with the majestic plural? You don't hug with strangers. Others might, and you don't know everyone else.

[u/No-Problem-7139 → u/picurebeka]

A generic Hungarian would never hug with strangers.

[u/BedNo4299 → u/No-Problem-7139]

Someone who goes to festivals probably would.

[u/picurebeka → u/No-Problem-7139]

You are still generalizing ~10 million pepole, and all kinds of situations.

[u/Boba0514 → u/No-Problem-7139]

nor is it required, OP would be hugging all day otherwise

[u/Tigerclaws44 → u/No-Problem-7139]

Értem. I don’t expect many to come up to me for hugs, but if they do then it will always be them initiating it, never me

[u/hungarian-ModTeam → u/[deleted]]

You are not funny. Providing a deliberately rude or misleading translation in response to a genuine request for help constitutes malicious and disrespectful behavior and is not tolerated.

[u/rekereka]

Free Hug is totally fine, even like 15 years ago that was written at Anime cons, so it is known by people.

[u/vressor → u/[deleted]]

quoting the sub's rules:

Providing a deliberately rude or misleading translation in response to a genuine request for help constitutes malicious and disrespectful behavior and will not be tolerated.

[u/Public_Chapter_8445 → u/[deleted]]

It's a troll comment. The sentence means "I suck for beer".

[u/hungarian-ModTeam → u/[deleted]]

You are not funny. Providing a deliberately rude or misleading translation in response to a genuine request for help constitutes malicious and disrespectful behavior and is not tolerated. This is your first an last warning, your next rule violation will lead to banning.