This is a harsh-sounding word frequently used in modern contexts, as for example when a live-in housekeeper is abused by her boss.
busabos
someone who is abused
someone who is abused
busabusin
to abuse or treat like a slave
bubusabusin
will abuse like a slave
Binusabos ng mga dayuhan ang Pilipinas.
Foreigners treated the Philippines badly.
The more general term for ‘slave’ is alipin.
They enslaved me.
The Spanish-derived Filipino word for ‘abuse’ is abuso.
They abused me.
KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG
busábos: alípin
pambubusabos
KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG
busábos: lubós
