Conceited; arrogant; proud; boastful.
mayabang
Dorog katabako tang molang naka, naning ka
lamang ta Manila ig itaben don ka lamang gistar
ong agtambakan ta mga basora.
That kid there is really conceited, he just went to Manila
and perhaps he just lives there where garbage is heaped up
(i.e. garbage dump, squatter area).
magpatabako, magtinibako
To show off; to act conceited.
Ang taw ang ba-long nalkat ay pagtinabako ra
ang pagbitala ta Tagalog.
The person who has just come home is showing
off,
speaking Tagalog.
This word is a homonym with tabako1 meaning
‘tobacco’. In addition to calling a boastful person
tabako, they can also be called words associated with
chewing tobacco, such as apog, ‘lime’.