EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to be broken into pieces; to be fractured...
inconsolable...
unfathomable...
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/ma-BAL-bal/
FIL: Masira sa pamamagitan ng pagkaputol o pagkapira-piraso, lalo na ang mga bagay na matitigas tulad ng buto o sanga.
EN: to be broken into pieces; to be fractured
Imagine a tree branch in a super typhoon. It doesn't just bend, it snaps. That's 'mabalbal'. It's a more violent, splintering kind of break. Also applies to bones, which is why you listen to your mom when she says "Dahan-dahan, baka mabalbal 'yang buto mo!"
ROOT MEANING: broken, shattered
Often used for bones, branches, or similar rigid objects. It implies a snapping or fracturing break, as opposed to a clean cut.
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🇵🇭 Ingat sa pag-akyat sa puno, baka mabalbal ang sanga.
🇺🇸 Be careful climbing the tree, the branch might break.
🇵🇭 Sa lakas ng pagkabagsak, nabalbal ang kaniyang braso.
🇺🇸 From the force of the fall, his arm was fractured.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.