sukdulan
sukdulán with stress marks
endpoint; extremity; climax
Usage Note
Sukdulan is used in literary and formal contexts to describe the peak or utmost degree of something — emotion, endurance, or narrative tension. The phrase sukdulan na signals that a situation has reached its absolute limit, making it a powerful marker of climax in storytelling.
Examples
" Sukdulan na ang pagod ko. "
Natural Translation
My exhaustion is at its limit.
Literal Translation
Extreme already the tiredness my.
" Nakarating sila sa sukdulan ng bundok. "
Natural Translation
They reached the extremity of the mountain.
Literal Translation
Reached they at extremity of mountain.
" Sa sukdulan ng kanyang galit, napatahimik ang buong silid dahil hindi pa nila nakikita ang ganoong klaseng poot. "
Natural Translation
At the climax of his anger, the whole room fell silent because they had never seen that kind of rage.
Literal Translation
At the extremity of his anger, fell-silent the whole room because not yet they seen the such kind-of rage.
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