EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to scatter; to cause to burst apart...
a superstitious belief against siblings marrying i...
sharing a shelter (esp. an umbrella)...
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FIL: Pagpapakalat o paghiwa-hiwalayin nang walang kaayusan; pasabugin upang kumalat ang mga bahagi.
EN: to scatter; to cause to burst apart
Imagine dropping a bag of groceries and everything—the tomatoes, the eggs, the chicharon—goes flying in different directions. That's sambulatin. It's chaos in verb form. Also what happens to your plans for the weekend when your boss says "urgent revision."
The "-in" suffix makes it object-focused. The object is the thing being scattered. Common forms: sinambulat (past), sinasambulat (present).
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🇵🇭 Nang sumabog ang bulkan, sinambulat nito ang mga bato at abo sa kalangitan.
🇺🇸 When the volcano erupted, it scattered rocks and ash into the sky.
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