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How to use grabe in Bisaya
Grabe kaayo ang nahitabo.
English: What happened is terrible.
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Cebuano word · interjection
Grabe meaning in English
Grabe means “terrible / extreme” in English.
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Pronunciation: grah-BEH
Level
intermediate
Type
interjection
conversationsurprisetopic:uncertainty_surprisebatch:conversationalDeeptts-interim
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hala
interjectionoh (surprise)
HAH-lah
grabe gyud
phrasereally extreme
grah-BEH gyood
grabe kaayo
phrasevery extreme
grah-BEH kah-AH-yoh
hala ka
phrasewow / really
HAH-lah kah
sus gyud
phraseoh really
soos gyood
sus
interjectionoh / my (mild surprise)
soos
susmaryosep
interjectionoh my goodness
soos-mah-ryo-SEP
basig dili
phrasemaybe not
bah-SEEG dee-LEE
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