From root: baboy
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
binaboy
bi-NA-boy
treated like a pig
Present (Incomplete)
binababoy
bi-na-BA-boy
treating like a pig
Future (Contemplated)
bababuyin
ba-ba-bu-YIN
will treat like a pig
Usage Note
Babuyin is used when someone treats a person, place, or situation with extreme disrespect or neglect, often implying that they are making it filthy or "pigging it out." It is frequently used to describe the act of ruining something valuable or behaving in a crude, uncivilized manner.
Examples
" Huwag mong babuyin ang banyo. "
Natural Translation
Don't trash the bathroom.
Literal Translation
Don't you treat-like-pig the bathroom.
" Ayaw kong babuyin ang mesa. "
Natural Translation
I don't want to treat the table like a pig.
Literal Translation
Dislike I treat-like-pig the table.
" Kung babuyin mo ang silid na pinaupahan sa atin, sigurado akong sisingilin tayo ng may-ari. "
Natural Translation
If you trash the room rented to us, I'm sure the owner will charge us.
Literal Translation
If treat-like-pig you the room that-was-rented to us, sure I-that will-charge us by owner.
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