EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to get stuck in mud; to be bogged down...
lieutenant...
shrillness; high pitch...
Pang-uri
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/ma-ba-LA-ho/
FIL: Mailubog o maipit sa putikan, kumunoy, o isang mahirap na kalagayan kung saan hindi makakilos o makausad.
EN: to get stuck in mud; to be bogged down
Ever been in a jeepney that gets stuck in mud during a typhoon? That's 'mabalaho'. It's also a perfect metaphor for getting stuck in a dead-end job, a toxic situationship, or level 247 of Candy Crush. You're bogged down and can't move forward.
ROOT MEANING: mire, mud hole, quagmire
Often used literally for vehicles stuck in mud, but also figuratively for being stuck in a predicament.
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🇵🇭 Kung dadaan ka sa bukid, baka mabalaho ang iyong sasakyan.
🇺🇸 If you pass through the field, your vehicle might get stuck in the mud.
🇵🇭 Nabalaho siya sa utang kaya hindi na alam ang gagawin.
🇺🇸 He got bogged down in debt so he doesn't know what to do anymore.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.