gulpihin
gulpihín with stress marks
to beat up [someone]
From root: gulpe
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
ginulpe
gi-NUL-pe
beat up
Present (Incomplete)
ginugulpe
gi-nu-GUL-pe
is being beaten up
Future (Contemplated)
gugulpihin
gu-gul-pi-HIN
will be beaten up
Usage Note
Gulpihin is the object-focus form of gulpe, a Spanish loanword from golpe meaning a blow. It carries an unambiguously physical and blunt connotation — a beating rather than a slap — and is more forceful in register than hampasin, typically implying multiple strikes. It frequently appears in crime reportage and street-language contexts.
Examples
" Huwag mong gulpihin ang aso. "
Natural Translation
Don't beat up the dog.
Literal Translation
Do not you to beat up the dog.
" Takot sila na gulpihin ng mga kaaway. "
Natural Translation
They are afraid of being beaten up by enemies.
Literal Translation
Afraid they to beat up by enemy.
" Ipinasok sa kulungan ang mga lalaki matapos nilang gulpihin ang isang biktima na walang kalaban-laban sa madilim na eskinita. "
Natural Translation
The men were put in jail after they beat up a defenseless victim in a dark alley.
Literal Translation
Were put in jail the plural man after they to beat up the one victim that none defense in dark alley.
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