This is the 922nd most frequent Hungarian word.
antal
"Antal" is a Hungarian male given name, equivalent to "Anthony" in English.
Here, 'Antal' is used as a proper noun, serving as the name of the person in the sentence.
Antal tegnap elment vásárolni.
Antal went shopping yesterday.
In this sentence, 'antal' (while not standard) could colloquially imply an unspecified quantity or amount. Alternatively, in proper usage, it might unknowingly be a typo or misinterpretation for another similar term.
Volt egyszer egy antal alma az asztalon.
Once there was an amount of apples on the table.
Here, 'Antalok' is the pluralized form of the proper noun 'Antal', referring to a family or group of people with the surname or related name of 'Antal'.