magdusta
magdústa with stress marks
to berate
From root: dusta
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
nagdusta
nag-DUS-ta
berated
Present (Incomplete)
nagdudusta
nag-du-DUS-ta
is berating
Future (Contemplated)
magdudusta
mag-du-DUS-ta
will berate
Usage Note
Magdusta is the actor-focus form of dusta, used when the one berating or humiliating is the grammatical subject. It carries a strong emotional charge implying deliberate degradation and is more at home in literary and formal contexts than in casual speech.
Examples
" Masama ang magdusta ng kapwa. "
Natural Translation
Berating others is bad.
Literal Translation
Bad the to berate of fellow.
" Masama ang magdusta ng kapwa tao. "
Natural Translation
Berating a fellow human being is bad.
Literal Translation
Bad the to berate of fellow person.
" Hindi tama na magdusta ng mahihirap ang isang lider na dapat sana ay nagtatanggol sa kanila. "
Natural Translation
It is not right for a leader, who ought to defend them, to berate the poor.
Literal Translation
Not right to berate of poor the a leader that should hopefully defending to them.
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