Bahasa Melayu

meletakan

Bahasa Melayu

English

to despise, to disgrace, to curse

To meletakan someone or something is to treat it with contempt and disgrace it.

ملتقان

Examples

Contoh ayat

  1. Jangan meletakan orang lain hanya kerana kesilapan kecil.

    Do not despise other people just because of a small mistake.

  2. Tindakan itu seolah-olah meletakan nama baik keluarganya.

    The action seemed to disgrace his family's good name.

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meletakan

Meletakan here means to look down on and disgrace.

Word family

Common derived forms

meletakkan
to place; to put

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Historical MyKamus entry, originally published 30 September 2010.