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tell on in Tagalog

magsumbong

tell on in Tagalog: magsumbong. In English, tell on means to inform on, to rat out; to tell a person in authority that someone else has done something wrong.

Tagalog words for tell on

to tell someone that someone else has done something wrong
magsumbong

English meaning of tell on

  1. verb To inform on, to rat out; to tell a person in authority that someone else has done something wrong.
  2. verb To cause visible strain to.

Full definition of tell on

tell on in a sentence

  • My sister told on me when I didn't go to school.
  • Years of drinking started to tell on his body.

Synonyms of tell on

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Questions about tell on in Tagalog

What is the meaning of tell on in Tagalog?
Tell on in Tagalog is magsumbong.
Ano ang tell on sa Tagalog?
Tell on: magsumbong.
What does tell on mean in English?
Tell on means to inform on, to rat out; to tell a person in authority that someone else has done something wrong.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tell on (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tagalog words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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