sukat ang katagang sabi sa mabuting umiintindi

Tagalog

Etymology

Literally, “a word is enough to those who understand well”. Calque of Spanish a buen entendedor, pocas palabras bastan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suˌkat ʔaŋ kataˌɡaŋ ˌsabi sa maˌbutiŋ ʔumiʔintinˈdi/, [sʊˌxat ʔɐŋ kɐ.tɐˌɣan ˌsa.bɪ sɐ mɐˌbu.tɪŋ ʔʊ.mɪ.ʔɪn.tɪnˈdi]

Proverb

sukát ang katagáng sabi sa mabuting umiintindi (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜃᜆ᜔ ᜀᜅ᜔ ᜃᜆᜄᜅ᜔ ᜐᜊᜒ ᜐ ᜋᜊᜓᜆᜒᜅ᜔ ᜂᜋᜒᜁᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒ)

1. a nod is as good as a wink

Further reading

• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 1109.