Translation of "Illette" in English

A riporter kritikával illette a politikust.

The reporter criticized the politician.

Otthon, a vöröses haja és szeplői miatt anyja megvetően a "Répa" névvel illette, s rávett mindenkit, hogy így hívják.

At home, because of his reddish hair and freckles, his mother scornfully named him "carrot" and had everybody else call him that.