linlangin
linlangín with stress marks
to deceive [someone]
From root: linlang
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
nilinlang
ni-LIN-lang
deceived
Present (Incomplete)
nililinlang
ni-li-LIN-lang
is being deceived
Future (Contemplated)
lilinlangin
li-lin-la-NGIN
will be deceived
Usage Note
Linlangin is the object-focus infinitive of linlang, used when the person being deceived is the grammatical focus. It carries a strong moral charge in Filipino culture and is frequently encountered in cautionary discourse, proverbs, and news coverage of fraud; the root linlang also functions as a noun meaning deception or hoax. The actor-focus counterpart is lumlinlang.
Examples
" Huwag mo akong linlangin. "
Natural Translation
Do not deceive me.
Literal Translation
Do-not you me deceive.
" Sinubukan ng scammer na linlangin ang matanda. "
Natural Translation
The scammer tried to deceive the elder.
Literal Translation
Tried of scammer to deceive the elder.
" Madali nilang nalinlang ang matanda dahil hindi pa siya pamilyar sa mga bagong uri ng pandaraya sa telepono. "
Natural Translation
They easily deceived the elderly person because he was not yet familiar with the new kinds of phone scams.
Literal Translation
Easy they deceived the elder because not yet he familiar with the new kind of fraud on phone.
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