sampalin
sampalín with stress marks
to slap [someone]
From root: sampal
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
sinampal
si-nam-PAL
slapped
Present (Incomplete)
sinasampal
si-na-sam-PAL
is being slapped
Future (Contemplated)
sasampalin
sa-sam-pa-LIN
will be slapped
Usage Note
Sampalin is the object-focus -in form of sampal, placing the person receiving the slap at the center of the sentence. The figurative sense — a verbal rebuke so sharp it shames the recipient — is common in expressive speech; pairs with the actor-focus sumampal when the slapper is the grammatical subject.
Examples
" Huwag mong sampalin ang bata. "
Natural Translation
Don't slap the child.
Literal Translation
Do-not you to-slap the child.
" Gusto niyang sampalin ang karakter sa palabas dahil sa galit. "
Natural Translation
She wants to slap the character in the show out of anger.
Literal Translation
Want he/she to-slap the character in show because of anger.
" Sa sobrang galit, halos sampalin niya ang lalaking nanloko sa kanyang nakatatandang kapatid. "
Natural Translation
Out of intense anger, she almost slapped the man who had deceived her older sibling.
Literal Translation
In extreme anger, almost to-slap he the man that deceived to her older sibling.
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