Lalongmalayo (en. Farther)

/la.loŋ.maˈla.jo/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishTagalog

adjective

A form of an adjective that expresses a greater distance.

The town is farther than I expected.

Ang bayan ay lalongmalayo kaysa sa inaasahan ko.

Derived from the combination of 'lalo' meaning 'more' and 'malayo' meaning 'far'

further away

a description for being farther than the usual distance

lalong malayo

far

Antonym of close, meaning there is a large distance.

malayo

too far or extremely far

I don't want to anymore, our trip is going too far again!

Ayoko na, ang lalongmalayo na naman ng biyahe natin!

too difficult to reach

It's too far because her house is really far, I can't go anymore.

Ang lalongmalayo kasi ng bahay niya, hindi ko na kayang pumunta.