kutob
kutób with stress marks
hunch; premonition
Usage Note
Kutob refers to a gut feeling or premonition that something is about to happen. It is widely used in everyday conversation and reflects a cultural openness to intuition and the unexplained. Filipinos often take kutob seriously, sometimes acting on it to avoid perceived misfortune.
Examples
" May masamang kutob ako. "
Natural Translation
I have a bad feeling.
Literal Translation
Has bad hunch I.
" May kutob akong hindi siya darating ngayon. "
Natural Translation
I have a hunch he/she won't be coming today.
Literal Translation
Has hunch I that not he/she coming today.
" Sinunod niya ang kutob niyang umuwi nang maaga, at doon niya nalaman na may sakit pala ang kanyang anak. "
Natural Translation
She followed her hunch to go home early, and that's when she found out her child was sick.
Literal Translation
Followed she the hunch her to-go-home early, and there she found-out that has sickness apparently the her child.
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