EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to prosecute, to persecute...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
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FIL: Habulin sa pamamagitan ng batas; parusahan o pahirapan dahil sa paniniwala, lahi, o iba pang katangian.
EN: to prosecute, to persecute
This is what happens when you get sued. Or, on a more dramatic level, it's that feeling when your conscience won't leave you alone about something you did wrong. 'Inuusig ng konsensya,' as they say. It's the legal or moral version of 'habulin mo ako!'
Often used in legal contexts (prosecute) or moral/psychological contexts (persecuted by conscience).
🇵🇭 Ang mga taong sangkot sa katiwalian ay dapat usigin at managot sa batas.
🇺🇸 The people involved in corruption should be prosecuted and be held accountable by the law.
🇵🇭 Simula nang magsinungaling siya, inuusig na siya ng kanyang konsensya gabi-gabi.
🇺🇸 Ever since he lied, his conscience has been persecuting him every night.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.