HAMBUG

HAMBUG is a Cebuano word. In English, it means...

hambug n big talk, most often not quite true.
Hambug lang kad-tung mga pasálig.
Sa pagkatinúud wà siyay púl, Those promises were pure big talk.
She actually has no pull.
v {1} [A12N; c] en-gage in big talk.
Nanghambug siyang maprumútid íyang bána.
Túu ka?
Shes bragging her husband is going to be promoted.
Do you believe it?
Mau nang kagangkagánga ímung ipangham-bug nákù?
Is that jalopy the car youre showing o?
?
a boasting, engaging in big talk.
-in- a done in a showy, braggart way.
Hi-nambug nga sinayawan, Dancing in such a way as to show o?
.
v [AN; c1] doing s.t.
in a showy way.
Naghinambug siyag pan-gasábà sa suluguun, She is showing o?
, cussing out the servants.
n things said in bragging.
-íra = -íru (female).
-íru a given to engaging in big talk, showing o?
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v [B12; b6] become a braggart, show-o?
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-iruun, -iruhun of a sort that tends to show o?
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