from the Spanish bozal busal gag, muzzle busalan (binubusalan, binusalan, bubusalan) muzzle (an animal); muzzle a human to keep quiet Busalan mo ako. Gag me. Binusalan ng pera ang mga bunganga ng peryodista. The mouths of journalists were muzzled with money. = The journalists were silenced with money. Busalan is also a native Filipino surname.
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