"Viszontlátásra!"
Translation:Goodbye!
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Let me break it down a bit further for you, cause the agglutination is the really sexy thing about the Hungarian language.
Viszont means 'likewise', 'same to you'.
Lát is 'to see', látás makes it a noun (the seeing), and the suffix -ra usually declares a movement onto something. Think of German "Auf Wiedersehen" if you're familiar.
So, taken together, you'll have something like "Unto seeing each other (again)."
1400
Better: Hungarian letter 's' is pronounced like English 'sh'.
Hungarian letter 'sz' is pronounced like English 's'.
Here's a handy video on how to pronounce each of the 44(!) letters of the alphabet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwtwZTRDvYI
1400
In more formal settings, with people you don't yet know, it's expected (or at least advisable) to use complete words. Like you would say "Goodbye" instead of just "Bye" at the end of a call with a customer of your company, for instance.
Hungarian is full of mouthfuls. :)