foolish

[US]/ˈfuːlɪʃ/
[UK]/ˈfuːlɪʃ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. walang talino o paghuhusga; bobo o walang alam; nagpapakita ng kakulangan sa talino o pag-iisip; magulantang

Example Sentences

foolish pride; foolish love.

mapagmataas na pagmamataas; mapagmahal na pag-ibig.

It is foolish to haphazardly adventure.

Angu-angulo na magpakawala nang walang pag-iingat.

a foolish young fellow;

isang hangal na batang lalaki;

a foolish expenditure of time and energy.

Isang hangal na paggasta ng oras at enerhiya.

He was so foolish as to lie.

Ganoon siya ka-hangal na nagsinungaling.

beweep one's foolish mistake

Umiyak sa isang hangal na pagkakamali.

spent all their money on foolish little knickknacks.

Ginastos nila ang lahat ng kanilang pera sa mga walang kwentang bagay.

Have done with your foolish quibbling

Tapusin na ang iyong mga walang kwentang pagtatalo.

it was foolish of you to enter into correspondence.

Angu-angulo na pumasok ka sa pagpapalitang-liham.

I'm not so foolish as to say that.

Hindi ako ganoon ka-hangal para sabihin iyon.

Don't worry me with such foolish questions.

Huwag mo akong abalahin sa mga ganitong walang kwentang tanong.

I count it foolish to let him go.

Sa palagay ko ay hangal na hayaan siyang umalis.

That foolish fellow is looking for trouble.

Ang taong iyon na hangal ay naghahanap ng gulo.

No one is foolish enough to endorse it.

Walang sinong hangal na sumuporta dito.

I feel foolish telling you this.

Nararamdaman kong hangal na sinabi ko sa iyo ito.

Real-world Examples

Beneath were the words, " Stay hungry, stay foolish"

Sa ilalim ay ang mga salitang, "Manatiling uhaw, manatiling hangal"

Source: Steve Jobs' speech

She laughed at the bird and called him foolish.

Natawa siya sa ibon at tinawag itong hangal.

Source: Recitation for Kings Volume 1 (All 100 Lessons)

Some remain hopelessly stuck in a loop of infantile foolishness.

Marami ang nananatiling walang pag-asang natigil sa isang loop ng pagkabata at kamangmangan.

Source: Focus on the Oscars

But you–you have been just as foolish as I.

Pero kayo–kayo ay naging kasing hangal ko.

Source: The Little Prince

Don't bother me with such foolish questions.

Huwag mo akong abalahin sa mga ganitong mga hangal na tanong.

Source: High-frequency vocabulary in daily life

That foolish, foolish woman. She swallowed four razor blades?

Ang hangal na, hangal na babae. Nilamon niya ang apat na talim ng labador?

Source: Grey's Anatomy Season 2

Like many a casus belli, theirs seems both foolish and profound.

Tulad ng maraming dahilan para sa digmaan, ang sa kanila ay tila parehong hangal at malalim.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Her genre of movies are seen as a little bit foolish.

Ang genre ng kanyang mga pelikula ay nakikita bilang medyo hangal.

Source: Emily in Paris Season 1

As the man himself said Stay hungry. Stay foolish.

Tulad ng sinabi ng kanyang sarili Manatiling uhaw. Manatiling hangal.

Source: How Steve Jobs Changed the World

But I was young and foolish, and now am full of tears.

Pero ako ay bata at hangal, at ngayon ay puno ng mga luha.

Source: Selected Literary Poems

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