From root: mukha
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
ipinamukha
i-pi-na-muk-HA
rubbed something in
Present (Incomplete)
ipinapamukha
i-pi-na-pa-muk-HA
rubbing something in
Future (Contemplated)
ipapamukha
i-pa-pa-muk-HA
will rub something in
Usage Note
Ipamukha is used when someone points out a painful truth or a mistake to another person, often in an insulting or confrontational way. It implies an intention to make the person feel small or realize their shortcoming.
Examples
" Huwag mong ipamukha sa kanya. "
Natural Translation
Don't rub it in his face.
Literal Translation
Don't you rub-in to him.
" Huwag mong ipamukha sa akin ang pagkakamali ko. "
Natural Translation
Don't rub my mistake in my face.
Literal Translation
This is actually a very common, natural idiom.
" Tuwing nagkakamali ako, lagi niyang ipinapamukha sa akin na mas matalino siya kaysa sa akin. "
Natural Translation
Whenever I make a mistake, he always rubs it in my face that he is smarter than me.
Literal Translation
Whenever make-mistake I, always he rubbing-in to me that more smart he than to me.
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