/sa-yang/

sayang

1 meaning · n.

n.

useless spending

Also accepted:useless consumptionwastewasting (of a resource, talent, etc.)waste of an opportunityfailure to take advantagegradual loss, decrease, or destruction by decay, etc.lost opportunity pagsasayang N useless spending of money, time or other resources

Sayang ang pagkaing hindi mo naubos.

It's a waste of food that you didn't finish.

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