EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
detrimental; ruinous; a person who causes trouble...
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Pang-uri
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/pa-HA-mak/
FIL: Isang tao, bagay, o pangyayari na nagdudulot ng kapahamakan, perwisyo, o kasiraan.
EN: detrimental; ruinous; a person who causes trouble
This is that one friend who always gets you into trouble. The "tara, isang bote lang" (come on, just one bottle) friend. That's a pahamak. It can also be a situation. Forgetting your wallet on a date? Pahamak. Replying-all to a company-wide email with a meme? Super pahamak. It's anything or anyone that leads to your downfall, big or small.
ROOT MEANING: lowly, humble, insignificant
As a noun, it refers to the troublemaker. As an adjective, it describes something as being the cause of trouble.
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🇵🇭 Huwag kang sasama sa mga pahamak na kaibigan na iyan.
🇺🇸 Don't go with those troublemaker friends.
🇵🇭 Ang kanyang pagsusugal ang naging pahamak sa kanilang pamilya.
🇺🇸 His gambling became the ruin of their family.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.