sangkaterba
sangkatérba with stress marks
very many; numerous
Usage Note
Sangkaterba is a vivid, emphatic adjective meaning an overwhelmingly large number of things or people — used for dramatic effect in speech and writing. It suggests not just many, but an almost chaotic or unmanageable multitude. Speakers use it when they want to convey exasperation or astonishment at the sheer quantity of something.
Examples
" Sangkaterba ang langgam sa asukal. "
Natural Translation
There are numerous ants on the sugar.
Literal Translation
Numerous the ant on sugar.
" May sangkaterba na langgam. "
Natural Translation
There are numerous ants.
Literal Translation
There-is numerous that ants.
" Kahit sangkaterba ang mga papeles na kailangang lagdaan, tinapos pa rin niya ang lahat bago umuwi nang gabing iyon. "
Natural Translation
Even though there were countless papers that needed signing, he still finished all of them before going home that night.
Literal Translation
Even-if numerous the papers that need-to-be-signed, finished still he the all before went-home that night that.
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