EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to alleviate; to relieve; to ease...
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That's the tea; That's the gossip....
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/ma-IB-san/
FIL: Bawasan o pagaanin ang tindi ng isang pasanin, sakit, o hirap.
EN: to alleviate; to relieve; to ease
That feeling when you finally take off your tight shoes after a long day? That's "maibsan." When you get your salary and your financial stress lessens a bit? "Maibsan." It's the relief you feel when a burden, physical or emotional, is made lighter. The "ahh, much better" moment.
ROOT MEANING: to alleviate
Used for both physical pain (sakit) and emotional/abstract burdens (hirap, kalungkutan, problema).
🇵🇭 Uminom siya ng gamot upang maibsan ang sakit ng ulo.
🇺🇸 He took medicine to alleviate the headache.
🇵🇭 Ang pakikipag-usap sa kaibigan ay nakatulong upang maibsan ang kaniyang lungkot.
🇺🇸 Talking to a friend helped ease her sadness.
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