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