EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
breakneck (speed)...
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/ma-ka-ba-ling LE-eg/
FIL: Isang paglalarawan sa bilis na lubhang matulin at mapanganib, na tila maaaring makabali ng leeg.
EN: breakneck (speed)
That kamote rider on EDSA weaving through traffic like they're in a video game. Or how you run to the MRT station when you hear the train arriving. It's a speed so dangerously fast, it could metaphorically snap your neck.
Compound word from 'makabali' (to be able to break) and 'leeg' (neck).
Almost exclusively used to describe dangerously high speed, often in the context of vehicles or running.
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🇵🇭 Sa makabaling-leeg na bilis, tinahak ng tsuper ang masikip na kalsada.
🇺🇸 At breakneck speed, the driver navigated the narrow road.
🇵🇭 Tumatakbo siya nang makabaling-leeg para lang maabutan ang huling biyahe ng bus.
🇺🇸 He was running at breakneck speed just to catch the last bus trip.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.