Meaning of "laban"

laban •

prep.
• • against. Laban sa kanya. Against him.

v.
• • lumaban (-um-) to fight against. Lumaban siya sa digmaan. He fought in the war.

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personal

adj.
• • 1. individual, private: sarili, pansarili, personal
  • 2. done in person, directly by oneself, not through others or by letter: personal
  • 3. of the body or bodily appearance: pansarili, sarili
  • 4. about or against a person or persons: tungkol o laban sa kapwa, personal
  • 5. in grammar, showing the person: panao

against

prep.
• • 1. in opposition to: laban, kontra, salungat
  • 2. contrary to: labag, salungat
  • 3. upon: sa

fight

v.
• • 1. to contend with another: lumaban, maglaban, makipaglaban, labanan, paglabanan
  • 2. to quarrel or fight (either in words or action): mag-away, makipag-away, pagawayan
  • 3. to fight one another with the fists: magsuntukan
  • 4. to eradicate: lumipol, lipulin, pumuksa, puksain

n.
• • 1. quarrel: away, awayan, basag-ulo, laban, labanan
  • 2. a war: digmaan, gera, giyera
  • 3. fist fight: suntukan
  • 4. a struggle: pagpupunyagi, pagpupumilit
  • 5. a contest: timpalak, paligsahan

no

n.
• • a negative answer: hindi

adj.
• • not any, not a: wala adv. not in any degree: hindi na

n.
• • a vote against: kontra, tutol, laban

perverse

adj.
• • 1. contrary: salungat, laban, kontra, lihis, sinsay
  • 2. persistent in wrong: mapilit sa kamalian (kasalanan), nagmamatigas sa pagkakamali (pagkakasala)
  • 3. wicked: napakasama, balakyot, tampalasan
  • 4. not correct, wrong: mali, sala, hindi tumpak, lisya
  • 5. obstinate: matigas ang ulo, sutil
  • 6. contrary, opposing others: mapanikis

contrary

adj.
• • 1. opposed, opposite: laban, kalaban, salungat, kasalungat, kontra, kakontra
  • 2. stubborn, opposing: palakontra, palatutol

n.
• • the opposite: ang kasalungat

reverse

n.
• • 1. the opposite or contrary: kabaligtaran, kabalikan, kasaliwaan, katumbalikan
  • 2. the other side: kabila
  • 3. a change to bad fortune, check or defeat: pagkabigo, kabiguan, malas, kamalasan

v.
• • 1. to turn upside down: bumaligtad, baligtarin, ibaligtad
  • 2. to turn the other way: magbaling, ibaling, magpaling, papalingin, ipaling, bumiling, ibiling
  • 3. to change to the opposite, to repeal: sumaliwa, saliwain, bumaligtad, baligtarin, salungatin

adj.
• • 1. turned backward: baligtad, pabaligtad, tumbalik, patumbalik
  • 2. contrary in position or direction: saliwa, pasaliwa
  • 3. turned upside down: tiwarik, patiwarik
  • 4. against or opposite: laban, salungat

tilt

v.
• • to slope, slant, lean, tip: tumagilid, itagilid, patagilirin, kumiling, ikiling, pakilingin, tumikwas, itikwas, patikwasin, humilig, ihilig, pahiligin

n.
• • 1. a slope: dalisdis, deklibe
  • 2. a slant: tagilid, hilig, hapay, kiling
  • 3. a contest: laban, labanan, paligsahan, timpalak
  • 4. at full tilt, at full speed: buong bilis (tulin)

combat

n.
• • 1. a fight, struggle: laban, labanan, paglalaban
  • 2. a battle: pagbabaka, paghahamok, pakikibaka
  • 3. a combat against disease, pests, etc.: pagpuksa, pagsugpo, pagbaka

v.
• • 1. to fight, to struggle, to battle: lumaban, labanan
  • 2. to stop, to suppress, e.g. disease, pests, etc.: pumuksa, puksain, sumugpo, sugpuin

himagsik

v.
• • maghimagsik (mag-) to rebel, to revolt. Naghimagsik ang mga tao laban sa pamahalaan. The people revolted against the government.

alsa

Sp n.
• • a rising, as of dough umalsa (um-)

v.
• • to rise. Umalsa ang puto. The rice cake rose.

v.
• • mag-alsa (mag-) to rebel to revolt to rise up against to stage a strike. Nag-alsa sila laban sa mga dayuhan. They rose up against the foreigners. mag-alsa, alsahin, ialsa (mag-:in, i-)

v.
• • to lift something. Alsahin mo ito. Lift this up.

saksi

n.
• • witness

v.
• • sumaksi (-um-) to witness, to testify, to witness against. Sumaksi siya laban sa nasasakdal. He witnessed against the accused.