buwag

Cebuano

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bu‧wag

Verb

buwag

  1. to separate; to cause (things or people) to be separate
  2. to disunite something from one thing; to disconnect
  3. to estrange
  4. to divorce
  5. to have one's marriage annulled

Adjective

buwag

  1. detached
  2. (of spouses) estranged; living apart
  3. (by extension) divorced
  4. (by extension) having had the marriage annulled

Adverb

buwag

  1. apart; aside

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:buwag.

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *buag. Doublet of buwal.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /buˈaɡ/ [ˈbwaɡ]
  • Rhymes: -aɡ
  • Syllabification: bu‧wag

Adjective

buwág (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜏᜄ᜔)

  1. demolished; torn down
    Synonyms: giba, giniba, wasak, winasak
  2. abolished; disbanded; dissolved (of an organization, etc.)
    Synonym: lansag

Derived terms

  • bumuwag
  • buwagin
  • mabuwag
  • magbuwag
  • pagbuwag
  • pagkabuwag

Noun

buwág (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜏᜄ᜔)

  1. demolition; tearing down
    Synonyms: pagbuwag, giba, paggiba, wasak, pagwasak
  2. abolition; disbandment; dissolution (of an organization, etc.)
    Synonyms: lansag, paglansag, pagbuwag
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