EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to threaten with a blow, to brandish...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/i-am-BA/
FIL: Ang pag-angat ng kamay o isang bagay na hawak bilang pagbabanta na isusuntok, ipapalo, o ihahampas.
EN: to threaten with a blow, to brandish
'Yung eksena sa teleserye na aangat 'yung kamay ng kontrabida para sampalin 'yung bida, pero may pipigil. That's 'iamba'. It's the wind-up before the pitch, the threat before the action. "Huwag mong **iamba** sa akin 'yang tsinelas mo, 'nay!"
ROOT MEANING: threatening gesture
Refers to the motion of threatening to strike, not the strike itself.
🇵🇭 Galit na inamba ng lalaki ang kanyang sinturon.
🇺🇸 The man angrily brandished his belt.
🇵🇭 Nakita ko siyang iamba ang kamao niya pero hindi naman itinuloy.
🇺🇸 I saw him raise his fist as if to strike but he didn't follow through.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.