EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
fighting against; resisting...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/pag-la-BA-nan/
FIL: Ang akto ng pagtutol o pagkontra sa isang bagay, tao, o pangyayari.
EN: fighting against; resisting
This is your 'It's complicated' status with your feelings. You know you shouldn't catch feelings for that person, so you try to paglabanan the urge to slide into their DMs. It's the internal struggle between your heart and your brain, or your diet and that last piece of lechon.
From pag- (nominalizer) + laban (fight) + -an (object focus suffix), referring to the act of fighting something.
ROOT MEANING: against, versus
Often used to describe resisting a temptation, an urge, or fighting against an oppressor or a difficult situation.
🇵🇭 Mahirap paglabanan ang antok pagkatapos mananghalian.
🇺🇸 It's hard to fight against sleepiness after having lunch.
🇵🇭 Kailangang paglabanan ang anumang uri ng katiwalian sa gobyerno.
🇺🇸 It is necessary to fight against any form of corruption in the government.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.