Sawiing palad (en. Ill-fated)

sawi-ing pa-lad

Meaning & Definition

EnglishTagalog

noun

A person who always has bad luck.

People who seem to have no luck are often called ill-fated.

Madalas na tinatawag na sawiing palad ang mga taong tila walang swerte.

A situation that leads to loss or defeat.

The ill-fated project resulted in many expenses.

Ang sawiing palad ng proyekto ay nagdulot ng maraming gastos.

Combination of 'sawi', meaning 'defeated', and 'palad', referring to fate.

ill-fated

Common term for people or things that bring misfortune.

sawiing palad

defeated

Means lost or succeeded poorly.

sawi

fate

Refers to fortune or state of life.

palad

just really unlucky or always unlucky in life

What the heck, it's like I'm so unlucky in everything I'm getting into.

Ano ba naman 'to, parang sawiingpalad ako sa lahat ng pinapasok ko.

losing hope

I'm really feeling unlucky, it's like I'm not going anywhere.

Sawiingpalad na talaga ako, parang wala na akong matutunguhan.

a person who always fails

When the situation is like this, that's really what you call unlucky.

Kapag ganito na ang sitwasyon, sawiingpalad na talaga ang tawag diyan.