opinyon
opinyón with stress marks
opinion; personal judgment or view
Usage Note
Opinyon is borrowed from Spanish 'opinión' and is widely used in everyday and formal speech when sharing personal views. Filipinos often soften their opinions with qualifiers like sa aking opinyon to maintain group harmony — a reflection of the cultural value placed on pakikisama.
Examples
" Ano ang opinyon mo? "
Natural Translation
What is your opinion?
Literal Translation
What the opinion your?
" Iginagalang ko ang iyong opinyon tungkol sa isyu. "
Natural Translation
I respect your opinion about the issue.
Literal Translation
Respect I the your opinion about issue.
" Bagaman magkaiba ang aming opinyon tungkol sa usapin, pinili naming pakinggan ang isa't isa nang hindi nag-aaway. "
Natural Translation
Although our opinions about the matter differ, we chose to listen to each other without quarreling.
Literal Translation
Although differ the our opinion about the matter, chose we listen-to the each other while not quarreling.
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