EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
very lowly; wretched; miserable...
to wash one's face...
to snore...
Pang-uri
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/a-BANG-a-BA/
FIL: Nasa sukdulang kahirapan, kababaan ng kalagayan, o kaapihan.
EN: very lowly; wretched; miserable
This is the state of the third-party character in a teleserye after the bida gets everything. It's being so down in life that you feel like a 'sawi sa pag-ibig, sawi sa career' meme. It’s a level of humility or poverty that’s dramatic and profound.
Reduplication of 'aba' (lowly, poor).
ROOT MEANING: hey!; wow!; oh!
A very strong and dramatic word. Used more in literature, songs, and formal speech than in casual conversation.
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🇵🇭 Dahil sa trahedya, naiwan siyang abang-aba at walang makain.
🇺🇸 Because of the tragedy, he was left miserable and with nothing to eat.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.