upakan
upakán with stress marks
to thrash [someone]
From root: upak
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
inupakan
i-nu-pa-KAN
thrashed
Present (Incomplete)
inuupakan
i-nu-u-pa-KAN
is being thrashed
Future (Contemplated)
uupakan
u-u-pa-KAN
will be thrashed
Usage Note
Upakan is the object-focus form of upak, placing the person being beaten or the food being devoured at the center of the clause. In the culinary sense it conveys enthusiastic, uninhibited eating — particularly of celebratory dishes like lechon — and the violent and gustatory senses coexist naturally in colloquial usage.
Examples
" Huwag mong upakan ang aso. "
Natural Translation
Don't thrash the dog.
Literal Translation
Don't you to-thrash the dog.
" Planong upakan ng mga tambay ang nagnakaw ng kanilang bisikleta. "
Natural Translation
The bystanders plan to thrash the person who stole their bicycle.
Literal Translation
Plan to-thrash by bystanders the stole of their bicycle.
" Galit na galit ang mga residente kaya't balak nilang upakan ang magnanakaw kapag nahuli na ito. "
Natural Translation
The residents were furious, so they plan to thrash the thief once he is caught.
Literal Translation
Angry very the residents so plan they to-thrash the thief when caught already this.
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