EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
life imprisonment (reclusión perpetua)...
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/per-PE-tu-wa/
FIL: Ang parusang habambuhay na pagkakakulong.
EN: life imprisonment (reclusión perpetua)
The ultimate 'you messed up big time' consequence. This isn't just being grounded; it's being sent to the 'principal's office' of life, forever. It's the legal term you hear on the news for heinous crimes. Basically, it means your next address is Bilibid, and your new roommate is... well, let's not go there.
From Spanish 'perpetua' as in 'reclusión perpetua' (perpetual confinement).
A formal, legal term. Often used in the phrase 'reclusion perpetua.'
🇵🇭 Hinatulan siya ng perpetuwa dahil sa malagim na krimen.
🇺🇸 He was sentenced to life imprisonment for the heinous crime.
🇵🇭 Ang parusang reclusion perpetua ay ang pinakamabigat na sentensya sa bansa.
🇺🇸 The penalty of reclusion perpetua is the heaviest sentence in the country.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.