EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to oppose, to contradict, to go against...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/su-ma-lang-SANG/
FIL: Ang pagkontra, pagtutol, o pagsuway sa isang utos, batas, o pananaw. Ito ay isang mas pormal o pampanitikang katumbas ng 'sumalansang'.
EN: to oppose, to contradict, to go against
This is the spirit of your inner 'kontrabida' when your boss gives a terrible idea in a meeting, and you just have to speak up. It's going against the flow, like swimming upstream in a river of 'oo na lang po'. It is a slightly more formal, almost poetic version of the more common 'sumalansang'.
A more formal or literary term for 'to oppose'. 'Sumalansang' is more commonly used in modern conversation.
🇵🇭 Ang kanyang mga ideya ay sumalangsang sa nakagawian ng kumpanya.
🇺🇸 His ideas went against the company's traditions.
🇵🇭 Huwag kang sumalangsang sa payo ng iyong mga magulang.
🇺🇸 Do not go against the advice of your parents.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.