EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to grab hastily; to snatch...
whooping cough...
anyway; in the end; besides...
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang bagay na walang matulis na dulo o talim; mapurol.
/sak-BU-tin/
FIL: Kunin, sunggaban, o agawin ang isang bagay sa mabilis at biglaang paraan.
EN: to grab hastily; to snatch
Imagine the last piece of fried chicken on the table. The act of grabbing it before your sibling does? That's sakbutin. It's a quick, not-so-polite snatch. It's what a 'mandurukot' (pickpocket) does with a phone. It's a swift, decisive, and often desperate grab.
From 'sakbot' (a snatch, a grab) + suffix '-in'.
Implies a rougher and more sudden action than 'kunin' (to get). It often carries a negative connotation of taking something that isn't yours or taking it rudely.
🇵🇭 Sinubukan niyang sakbutin ang bag mula sa kamay ng babae.
🇺🇸 He tried to snatch the bag from the woman's hand.
🇵🇭 Sakbutin mo agad ang pagkakataon habang nandiyan pa.
🇺🇸 Immediately grab the opportunity while it's still there.
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Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang bagay na walang matulis na dulo o talim; mapurol.