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‘Masarap ba ang asawa ko?’ How English-dubbed ‘Legal Wife’ translated memorable line

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Maja Salvador and Angel Locsin starred in the hit 2014 drama ‘The Legal Wife.’ ABS-CBN" src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/entertainment/09/20/maja-angel.jpg"/><figcaption>Maja Salvador and Angel Locsin starred in the hit 2014 drama ‘The Legal Wife.’ <em>ABS-CBN</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — “Masarap ba ang asawa ko?” was the enraged question of Monica, portrayed by Angel Locsin, in the climactic episode of “The Legal Wife,” which today remains a memorable line for Kapamilya viewers.</p><p>Seven years its original 2014 broadcast, the ABS-CBN drama is back — as a condensed series with a total of 47 episodes, available to watch for free on YouTube.</p><p>Also, it’s dubbed entirely in English.</p><p>Released last week, the English-dubbed “The Legal Wife” includes all the unforgettable confrontations, from Monica seeing first-hand Adrian (Jericho Rosales) and Nicole’s (Maja Salvador) affair, to Monica deciding to leave Adrian for good, despite her husband’s desperate plea.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iLpTStAsA7g?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>The memorably titled “Royal Rumble” remains a highlight of the abridged version. It’s where an enraged Monica charges at Nicole, once her best friend and confidant, and confronts her about Adrian.</p><p>Monica’s original, Filipino dialogue, goes: “Masarap ba? Masarap ba ang asawa ko? Masarap ba? Masarap ba? Paano mo siya nilandi, ha? Ano’ng una mong tinanggal — ‘yang bra mo, ‘yang panty mo, o ‘yang konsensiya mo?”</p><p>In the English-dubbed version, Monica says: “Did you enjoy it? Did you enjoy my husband? Did you like it? Was it good? So how did you seduce him? Tell me! What did you take off first — your bra, or your panties, or maybe your conscience?”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/a_e6fsvGDgA?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>While the English dub has only been released in full this month, a snippet of it, from a trailer, went viral in 2020. In that clip, another memorable line of Monica — “Akin lang ang asawa ko!” — also had an English translation that drew amusement from netizens.</p><p>“My husband belongs only to me!” Monica says, as seen in the video which now has over 400,000 views and 28,000 reactions.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">yall arent allowed to complain about filipino dubs anymore <a href="https://t.co/F21m2sGCOb">pic.twitter.com/F21m2sGCOb</a></p>— 🦇 batbara (@baebaraaa) <a href="https://twitter.com/baebaraaa/status/1249586487621894145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 13, 2020</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>The 47-episode English version of “The Legal Wife” will be available to stream on YouTube until October 15.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/04/14/20/6-years-later-the-legal-wife-trends-anew-as-angel-maja-have-royal-rumble">6 years later, &#x27;The Legal Wife&#x27; trends anew as Angel, Maja have &#x27;royal rumble&#x27;</a></li></ul><p>Prior to that release, “The Legal Wife” also enjoyed a condensed re-run on ABS-CBN Channel 2 in early 2020, when current production were halted due to the coronavirus pandemic, and prior to the forced shutdown of the network’s free-TV broadcast.</p>

“Masarap ba ang asawa ko?” was the enraged question of Monica, portrayed by Angel Locsin, in the climactic episode of “The Legal Wife,” which today remains a memorable line for Kapamilya viewers.