EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to cackle; to laugh loudly and coarsely...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
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Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/hakh-HA-kin/
FIL: Tumawa nang malakas at magaspang, na parang tunog ng isang halimaw o mangkukulam.
EN: to cackle; to laugh loudly and coarsely
This isn't your cute little "haha" giggle. This is the full-on, kontrabida-in-a-teleserye laugh. Imagine the evil stepmother who just successfully stole the family inheritance—that's the "hakhak" sound. It's a laugh that's so over-the-top, it's almost villainous. "Hakhakin" is the verb form, to perform this kind of laugh.
From the onomatopoeic root `hakhak`, imitating a coarse laugh.
Often used in literature or storytelling to describe a villain's or a very boisterous person's laugh.
🇵🇭 Narinig naming hakhakin ng mangkukulam ang kanyang tagumpay.
🇺🇸 We heard the witch cackle at her success.
🇵🇭 Huwag kang hakhakin diyan, nakakahiya sa mga kapitbahay!
🇺🇸 Don't laugh so coarsely there, it's embarrassing to the neighbors!
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Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.