"yabang" meaning in Tagalog

See yabang in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /ˈjabaŋ/ [Standard-Tagalog], [ˈjaː.bɐŋ] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: ᜌᜊᜅ᜔ [Baybayin]
Rhymes: -abaŋ Head templates: {{tl-head|interjection|yabang?|b=+}} yabang? (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜊᜅ᜔), {{tlb|tl|colloquial}} (colloquial)
  1. indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information; to express skepticism (of a possible joke) Tags: colloquial Synonyms: weh, ows, seryoso, talaga
    Sense id: en-yabang-tl-intj-e76-tbby

Noun

IPA: /ˈjabaŋ/ [Standard-Tagalog], [ˈjaː.bɐŋ] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: ᜌᜊᜅ᜔ [Baybayin]
Rhymes: -abaŋ Head templates: {{tl-noun|b=+}} yabang (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜊᜅ᜔)
  1. boastfulness; bragging; arrogance Synonyms: kahambugan, kapalaluan, paghahambog, pagmamataas
    Sense id: en-yabang-tl-noun-AH1FLcRf Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 50 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 53 23 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 23 52 25 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 21 57 22 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation: 31 45 24 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 20 59 21
  2. lie; falsehood (told through boastfulness) Synonyms: kabulaanan, kasinungalingan, pagsisinungaling
    Sense id: en-yabang-tl-noun-DryVZxBm
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: bulastog
Derived forms: anyabang, ipagyabang, kayabangan, magmayabang, magyabang, mapagmayabang, mayabang, pagyabangan, pagyayabang, pagyayabangan, yabangan, yumabang
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "anyabang"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ipagyabang"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kayabangan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "magmayabang"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "magyabang"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mapagmayabang"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mayabang"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pagyabangan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pagyayabang"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pagyayabangan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "yabangan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "yumabang"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ᜌᜊᜅ᜔",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "b": "+"
      },
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      "name": "tl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ya‧bang"
  ],
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    {
      "parts": [
        "ya‧bang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tagalog",
  "lang_code": "tl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "bulastog"
    }
  ],
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "25 53 23",
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          "_dis": "20 59 21",
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      "glosses": [
        "boastfulness; bragging; arrogance"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "boastfulness",
          "boastfulness"
        ],
        [
          "bragging",
          "bragging"
        ],
        [
          "arrogance",
          "arrogance"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "kahambugan"
        },
        {
          "word": "kapalaluan"
        },
        {
          "word": "paghahambog"
        },
        {
          "word": "pagmamataas"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "lie; falsehood (told through boastfulness)"
      ],
      "id": "en-yabang-tl-noun-DryVZxBm",
      "links": [
        [
          "lie",
          "lie"
        ],
        [
          "falsehood",
          "falsehood"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "kabulaanan"
        },
        {
          "word": "kasinungalingan"
        },
        {
          "word": "pagsisinungaling"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈjabaŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈjaː.bɐŋ]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-abaŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "yabang"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ᜌᜊᜅ᜔",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "interjection",
        "2": "yabang?",
        "b": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "yabang? (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜊᜅ᜔)",
      "name": "tl-head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "colloquial"
      },
      "expansion": "(colloquial)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ya‧bang"
  ],
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    {
      "parts": [
        "ya‧bang"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "tl",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "A: She won yesterday at the pageant.",
          "text": "A: Nanalo siya kahapon sa pageant.",
          "translation": "A: She won yesterday at the pageant.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "english": "B: Really?",
          "text": "B: Yabang?",
          "translation": "B: Really?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information; to express skepticism (of a possible joke)"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "surprise",
          "surprise#English"
        ],
        [
          "skepticism",
          "skepticism#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "weh"
        },
        {
          "word": "ows"
        },
        {
          "word": "seryoso"
        },
        {
          "word": "talaga"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈjabaŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈjaː.bɐŋ]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-abaŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "yabang"
}
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    "Tagalog 2-syllable words",
    "Tagalog colloquialisms",
    "Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
    "Tagalog interjections",
    "Tagalog lemmas",
    "Tagalog nouns",
    "Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
    "Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation",
    "Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "anyabang"
    },
    {
      "word": "ipagyabang"
    },
    {
      "word": "kayabangan"
    },
    {
      "word": "magmayabang"
    },
    {
      "word": "magyabang"
    },
    {
      "word": "mapagmayabang"
    },
    {
      "word": "mayabang"
    },
    {
      "word": "pagyabangan"
    },
    {
      "word": "pagyayabang"
    },
    {
      "word": "pagyayabangan"
    },
    {
      "word": "yabangan"
    },
    {
      "word": "yumabang"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ᜌᜊᜅ᜔",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "b": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "yabang (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜊᜅ᜔)",
      "name": "tl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ya‧bang"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ya‧bang"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "tl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "bulastog"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "boastfulness; bragging; arrogance"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "boastfulness",
          "boastfulness"
        ],
        [
          "bragging",
          "bragging"
        ],
        [
          "arrogance",
          "arrogance"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "kahambugan"
        },
        {
          "word": "kapalaluan"
        },
        {
          "word": "paghahambog"
        },
        {
          "word": "pagmamataas"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "lie; falsehood (told through boastfulness)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lie",
          "lie"
        ],
        [
          "falsehood",
          "falsehood"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "kabulaanan"
        },
        {
          "word": "kasinungalingan"
        },
        {
          "word": "pagsisinungaling"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈjabaŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈjaː.bɐŋ]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-abaŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "yabang"
}

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    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
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    "Tagalog colloquialisms",
    "Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
    "Tagalog interjections",
    "Tagalog lemmas",
    "Tagalog nouns",
    "Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
    "Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation",
    "Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ᜌᜊᜅ᜔",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "interjection",
        "2": "yabang?",
        "b": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "yabang? (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜊᜅ᜔)",
      "name": "tl-head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "colloquial"
      },
      "expansion": "(colloquial)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ya‧bang"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ya‧bang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tagalog",
  "lang_code": "tl",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Tagalog terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "A: She won yesterday at the pageant.",
          "text": "A: Nanalo siya kahapon sa pageant.",
          "translation": "A: She won yesterday at the pageant.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "english": "B: Really?",
          "text": "B: Yabang?",
          "translation": "B: Really?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "indicating surprise at, or requesting confirmation of, some new information; to express skepticism (of a possible joke)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surprise",
          "surprise#English"
        ],
        [
          "skepticism",
          "skepticism#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "weh"
        },
        {
          "word": "ows"
        },
        {
          "word": "seryoso"
        },
        {
          "word": "talaga"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈjabaŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈjaː.bɐŋ]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-abaŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "yabang"
}

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