bugaw
bugáw with stress marks
to chase away; pimp
Usage Note
Bugaw has two distinct senses: the primary meaning is to shoo away or chase off (animals, people, or pests), and the secondary — and now equally common — meaning is a pimp or procurer. The dual usage is well established; register and context disambiguate. Both senses appear in literature and news.
Examples
" Binugaw niya ang mga ibon. "
Natural Translation
She shooed away the birds.
Literal Translation
Shooed-away by-her the birds.
" Takot ang mga tao sa bugaw. "
Natural Translation
The people are afraid of the pimp.
Literal Translation
Afraid the (plural) person in pimp.
" Tuwing umaga, binubugaw ng magsasaka ang mga maya sa palayan upang hindi nila kainin ang mga butil ng bagong tanim na palay. "
Natural Translation
Every morning, the farmer shoos away the sparrows in the rice field so they won't eat the grains of the newly planted rice.
Literal Translation
Every morning, shooed-away by-the farmer the sparrows in rice-field so not they eat the grains of newly planted rice.
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