ngalandakan
ngalandákan with stress marks
to spread news; boast
Usage Note
Ngalandakan is an informal verb carrying a negative connotation of announcing or broadcasting something loudly and indiscreetly — whether one's own achievements or another person's private affairs. It functions as a mild social criticism in everyday speech, associated with boastfulness or gossip.
Examples
" Huwag mong ngalandakan ang sikreto. "
Natural Translation
Don't broadcast the secret.
Literal Translation
Don't you broadcast the secret.
" Huwag mong ngalandakan ang iyong mga tagumpay kung hindi ka tinatanong. "
Natural Translation
Don't boast about your successes if you are not asked.
Literal Translation
Don't you boast the your plural success if not you asked.
" Sa halip na tahimik na tumulong, nginalandakan pa niya sa buong barangay ang tulong na ibinigay niya sa nasunugang pamilya. "
Natural Translation
Instead of helping quietly, he even boasted to the whole barangay about the help he gave to the family whose house burned down.
Literal Translation
At instead that quiet that to-help, boasted even he to whole barangay the help that gave he to burned-down family.
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