EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
snatching; pulling out abruptly...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/pag-lab-NOT/
FIL: Ang marahas o biglaang paghila o pag-agaw sa isang bagay na nakakabit o nakasuksok.
EN: snatching; pulling out abruptly
That feeling when a snatcher on a jeepney grabs your phone—that's paglabnot. It's also the motion of angrily yanking out a weed from your garden or pulling a loose thread that unravels your whole sweater. It's a quick, forceful pull. Think 'Hala, na-snatch!'
From pag- (nominalizer) + labnot (to snatch/pull abruptly).
Implies a sudden, forceful, and often violent pulling motion.
🇵🇭 Ang marahas na paglabnot sa kanyang kuwintas ay nag-iwan ng marka sa kanyang leeg.
🇺🇸 The violent snatching of her necklace left a mark on her neck.
🇵🇭 Nainis siya sa damo kaya't sunod-sunod ang ginawa niyang paglabnot dito.
🇺🇸 He was annoyed by the weeds, so he did a series of abrupt pulling on them.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.