komportable
komportáble with stress marks
comfortable
Usage Note
Komportable is an English loanword widely used in casual Filipino speech to describe physical ease or financial sufficiency — komportable ang buhay can mean living comfortably in a middle-class sense. It is often preferred over the native maginhawa in urban conversation.
Examples
" Komportable ang bago kong sapatos. "
Natural Translation
My new shoes are comfortable.
Literal Translation
Comfortable the new my shoes.
" Komportable ang upuan sa bagong opisina. "
Natural Translation
The chair in the new office is comfortable.
Literal Translation
Comfortable the chair in-the new office.
" Kahit hindi kami mayaman, komportable naman ang aming buhay dahil sapat ang kinikita ng aking mga magulang. "
Natural Translation
Even though we are not rich, our life is comfortable because what my parents earn is enough.
Literal Translation
Even-if not we rich, comfortable anyway the our life because enough the earn of my parents.
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