EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
choking; strangling; a chokehold...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/sa-KA-lan/
FIL: Ang akto ng pananakal o pagpigil sa hininga ng isang tao gamit ang kamay sa leeg; maaari ding tumukoy sa isang sitwasyon kung saan nagkakasakalan ang mga tao.
EN: choking; strangling; a chokehold
That feeling when the deadline is tomorrow, you have 5 more tasks, your boss is messaging you, and your internet dies. That's 'sakalan'. It's being choked, literally or figuratively. It's what happens in action movies, wrestling, and during the MRT rush hour. "Grabe ang siksikan sa tren kanina, parang nag-sakalan kami."
Can be a noun ('sakalan') or a verb ('sakalin' - to choke someone, 'magsakalan' - to choke each other). Refers to a state of being choked or a mutual choking event.
🇵🇭 Nauwi sa sakalan ang mainit nilang pagtatalo.
🇺🇸 Their heated argument ended in a choking match.
🇵🇭 Huwag kang makipaglaro ng sakalan, delikado iyan.
🇺🇸 Don't play by putting each other in a chokehold, that's dangerous.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.