ambâc
Macanese
Alternative forms
- ambâ, ambá, ambaque, hambâc
Etymology
Verb
ambâc
- to bully, to take advantage of someone's good faith, weakness or innocence
- Vôsse ambâc iou!
- You're bullying me!
References
- Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “ambá, ambaque”, in Glossário do dialecto macaense: notas linguísticas, etnográficas e folclóricas [Glossary of the Macanese dialect: linguistic, ethnographic and folkloric notes], Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, page 158
- https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#a