suntok sa buwan

Tagalog

Etymology

Literally, “a punch to the moon”, first attested in the late 1970s.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sunˌtok sa buˈan/, [sʊnˌtok sɐ ˈbwan]
  • Hyphenation: sun‧tok sa bu‧wan

Noun

suntók sa buwán (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜃ᜔ ᜐ ᜊᜓᜏᜈ᜔)

  1. (idiomatic) act which expects no good outcome; seemingly impossible task
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