ambâc

Macanese

Alternative forms

• ambâ, ambá, ambaque, hambâc

Etymology

Borrowed from English humbug.

Verb

ambâc

1. to bully, to take advantage of someone's good faith, weakness or innocence

   Vôsse ambâc iou!

   You're bullying me!

References

• Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “ambá, ambaque”, in Glossário do dialecto macaense: notas linguísticas, etnográficas e folclóricas [Glossary of the Macanese dialect: linguistic, ethnographic and folkloric notes], Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, page 158
• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#a