Meaning of páhug

páhug

Hiligaynon

To intimidate, inculcate fear, inspire with fear, menace, scare, threaten, alarm, startle, strike fear in, put in fear, frighten. Pahúga siá. Intimidate (menace) him. Ipáhug sa íya ang bastón. Threaten him with the stick. Ginpáhug níya ang mga bátà sa pagsilíng sa íla nga hanóton silá kon índì silá magpahimóyong. He made the children afraid by telling them that they would get a whipping, if they did not keep quiet. (see pahádluk).