isugal
isugál with stress marks
to gamble [it]
From root: sugal
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
isinugal
i-si-NU-gal
gambled away
Present (Incomplete)
isinusugal
i-si-nu-SU-gal
is being gambled
Future (Contemplated)
isusugal
i-su-SU-gal
will be gambled
Usage Note
Isugal is the i- object-focus form of sugal, used when the thing being wagered is the grammatical focus. The i- prefix marks conveyance — the resource is being handed over to the gambling activity — and the word often appears in cautionary or moralistic statements about financial recklessness.
Examples
" Huwag mong isugal ang ipon mo. "
Natural Translation
Don't gamble away your savings.
Literal Translation
Do-not you to-gamble the savings your.
" Huwag mong isugal ang iyong kinabukasan sa mga maling desisyon ngayon. "
Natural Translation
Don't gamble your future on wrong decisions today.
Literal Translation
Do-not you to-gamble the your future on wrong decisions today.
" Hindi dapat isugal ng isang ama ang panggastos ng pamilya sa pag-asang manalo siya nang malaki sa sabong. "
Natural Translation
A father should not gamble his family's spending money on the hope of winning big in a cockfight.
Literal Translation
Not should to-gamble by a father the spending-money of family on hope to-win he big in cockfight.
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