Mahinungdanon
importantadjective
- Alternative meanings
importantnsignificantnrelevantnvaluable or weighty in a situation
- Pronunciation
mah-hee-noong-DAH-non
- Root and affixes
Related to hinungdan, which can express cause, reason, or importance depending on context.
- Variants or conjugations
Importante = borrowed form used in conversationnmahinungdanong = form before a nounndili mahinungdanon = not important
- Related words and expressions
hinungdan = reason / causenbili = valuengikinahanglan = necessarynseryoso = seriousnimportante = important, borrowed form
- Meaning and usage notes
A natural Cebuano way to say that something is important, significant, or carries weight. In everyday speech, “importante” may also be heard as a borrowed form, but “mahinungdanon” sounds more distinctly Cebuano.
Mahinungdanon kini para nako.
This is important to me.
Usa kini ka mahinungdanong desisyon.
This is an important decision.