Bisaya · Cebuano · Vocabulary
Pugngan
to retain; to hold back; to detain; to restrainverb
- Alternative meanings
To keep something or someone stopped, prevent movement, contain an action, hold something back, or prevent something from happening.
- Pronunciation
POOG-ngan
- Root and affixes
From pugong, control, restraint, or prevention. Pugngan expresses the directed action: to retain, stop, or hold something back.
- Variants or conjugations
pugngan; pugong; to keep; to hold
- Related words and expressions
control; prevention; keep; control; limit
- Meaning and usage notes
For retain as preserve or keep something, “huptan” may sound better. For retain as detain, stop, or hold back, “pugngan” fits well.
Actions & States, Government, Politics & Law, Ideas & Abstract Concepts
Pugngan sa pulis ang tawo sa entrada.
The police held the person at the entrance.
Pugngan nato ang tubig aron dili moawas.
Let us hold back the water so it does not overflow.