Meaning of "balak"

balak •

n.
• • plan, intention

v.
• • magbalak, binalak (mag-:-in) to plan, to intend to do. Binalak kong dalawin ka. I planned to visit you.

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purpose

n.
• • 1. plan, aim, intention: balak, tangka, hangad, hangarin
  • 2. object: layon, layunin, pakay

v.
• • 1. to plan, to aim, to intend: magbalak, balakin, magtangka, tangkain, maghangad, hangarin
  • 2. on purpose, with a purpose, not by accident: sadya, sinadya

aim

n.
• • 1. an intention: layon, layunin, tunguhin, balak
  • 2. a purpose: sadya, dahilan, pakay
  • 3. the act of pointing a firearm: puntirya, punteriya, pagpuntirya, pagtutok

v.
• • 1. to direct or point something such as a gun: pumuntirya, ipuntirya, puntiryahin, pumunteriya, ipunteriya, punteriyahin, umasinta, iasinta, asintahin
  • 2. to intend: magbalak, balakin

design

n.
• • 1. the arrangement of details, form and color: dibuho, disenyo
  • 2. a drawing: guhit, dibuho, drowing
  • 3. a plan: plano
  • 4. a sketch: krokis
  • 5. a plan in mind to be carried out: balak, tangka
  • 6. intention: hangad, layunin

v.
• • 1. to make a design: magdibuho, dibuhuhan
  • 2. to make a plan: gumuhit (gumawa) ng plano

idea

n.
• • 1. mental image, opinion: kuru-kuro, palagay, opinyon, ideya
  • 2. plan: balak, ideya

plan

n.
• • 1. a way of making or doing something that has been worked out beforehand: plano, balak
  • 2. project, proposition: panukala, pakana
  • 3. a drawing or diagram to show how a garden, a floor, or a house, a park, etc., is arranged: plano, krukis, balangkas, banghay

v.
• • 1. to think out beforehand how something is to be made or done, to decide on methods or materials: magbalak, bumalak, balakin, magpanukala, panukalain
  • 2. to make a plan of: magplano, iplano, maiplano

mean

v.
• • 1. to have as a purpose, have in mind: maghangad, hangarin, magnais, naisin, magtangka, tangkain, mag-isip, isipin, may balak
  • 2. to intend: sadyain, kusain, tikisin
  • 3. intend to say: gustong sabihin, ibig sabihin
  • 4. to signify, denote: mangahulugan, ipakahulugan

adj.
• • 1. low in social position or rank, humble: hamak, aba, mababa
  • 2. of low quality or grade: mahina, mababa, mahinang uri, di-mahusay, di-magaling
  • 3. selfish: masakim, makamkam

ayon

adj.
• • parallel to, in agreement adv. according to ...; as alleged by. Ayon sa sabi ng tao, mabait ka raw. According to what people say, you are good. umayon, ayunan (um-:-an)

v.
• • to agree, to conform, to go along with. Umayon si Ernest sa balak ni Rosita. Ernest conformed with Rosita's plan.

halang

adj.
• • pahalang (pa-) horizontal, traverse, lying across

v.
• • humalang (-um-) to barricade, to use one's self as an obstruction. Humalang si Elsa sa aking balak. Elsa obstructed my plans. maghalang, ihalang (mag-:i-)

v.
• • to lay across, to put crosswise as an impediment. Inihalang niya ang mga bato sa kalye. They obstructed the road with stones.

tutol

n.
• • objection, protest

v.
• • tumutol (-um-) to object, to protest, to disagree. Tumutol ang guro sa balak ng mga estudyante. The teacher disagreed with the students' plan.