sumalampak
sumalampák with stress marks
to plump down; to flop down on one's bottom
From root: salampak
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
sumalampak
su-ma-lam-PAK
flopped down
Present (Incomplete)
sumasalampak
su-ma-sa-lam-PAK
is flopping down
Future (Contemplated)
sasalampak
sa-sa-lam-PAK
will flop down
Usage Note
Sumalampak is the actor-focus -um- form of salampak, vividly describing a person dropping heavily onto a surface with their weight landing on their backside. Distinctly colloquial and often humorous or exhausted in tone, it is most natural in casual narration of someone collapsing onto a chair or floor after exertion.
Examples
" Sumalampak ang bata sa sahig. "
Natural Translation
The child flopped down on the floor.
Literal Translation
Flopped-down the child on floor.
" Hilig ng bata ang sumalampak sa malamig na sahig. "
Natural Translation
The child's habit is to flop down on the cold floor.
Literal Translation
Habit of child the to flop down on cold floor.
" Pagkatapos ng mahabang lakad sa init ng araw, sumalampak na lang ako sa sopa at hindi na makagalaw sa pagod. "
Natural Translation
After the long walk in the heat of the sun, I just flopped down on the couch and couldn't move from exhaustion.
Literal Translation
After of long walk in heat of sun, flopped-down just I on couch and not anymore can-move from tiredness.
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