petard

[US]/pɪ'tɑːd/
[UK]/pɪˈtɑrd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. isang pampasabog na aparato na ginagamit upang wasakin ang mga pinto o gate, karaniwang binubuo ng isang lalagyan na puno ng gunpowder at isang fuse.
Word Forms
Pluralpetards
Present Participlepetarding

Phrases & Collocations

catch a petard

mahuli ang petard

Example Sentences

It was indeed a clever plan to entrap his opponent, but in the end he was hoist by his own petard.

Napakagaling nga ng plano upang dayain ang kanyang kalaban, ngunit sa huli, siya ang naulit sa kanyang sariling bitag.

hoist with his own petard

maiangat gamit ang sarili niyang petard

to be caught in one's own petard

maipit sa sarili niyang petard

to blow oneself up with one's own petard

sumabog gamit ang sarili niyang petard

to be hoist by one's own petard

maiangat ng sarili niyang petard

Real-world Examples

It was always appealing when a character is hoist on his own petard.

Palagi itong nakakaakit kapag ang isang karakter ay naipit sa kanyang sariling bitag.

Source: GQ — Representative Roles of Celebrities

Listeners, I capitulated in the two minutes we were on break and I did Google petard.

Mga tagapakinig, sumuko ako sa loob ng dalawang minuto na nagpahinga kami at ginawa kong Google ang petard.

Source: Financial Times Podcast

Listeners, you should write in and tell us, what is a petard?

Mga tagapakinig, dapat kayong magsulat at sabihin sa amin, ano ang petard?

Source: Financial Times Podcast

In any case, I don't even know if I'm saying petard right.

Sa anumang kaso, hindi ko alam kung tama ang pagbigkas ko sa petard.

Source: Financial Times Podcast

How's that? How did I do? Do you know what a petard is?

Paano iyon? Paano ko ginawa? Alam mo ba kung ano ang petard?

Source: Financial Times Podcast

And in the case of Icahn, this gives me an excuse to use a phrase which I've long wanted to use, which is hoisted by his own petard.

At sa kaso ni Icahn, ito ay nagbibigay sa akin ng dahilan upang gamitin ang isang parirala na matagal ko nang gustong gamitin, na kung saan ay naipit sa kanyang sariling bitag.

Source: Financial Times Podcast

How I picture a petard is some kind of medieval weapon that's sort of like a spear or a halberd or a pike, and that somehow you're hoisted on it in some kind of jousting accident.

Ang naiisip ko tungkol sa isang petard ay isang uri ng medieval na sandata na parang sibat o halberd o pikes, at sa ilang kadahilanan, naiipit ka dito sa isang uri ng jousting accident.

Source: Financial Times Podcast

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