EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
Adoption...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/a-dop-SYON/
FIL: Ang legal na proseso ng pag-ampon at pag-aalaga sa isang bata na hindi sariling anak, at pagbibigay dito ng lahat ng karapatan at pribilehiyo ng isang tunay na anak.
EN: Adoption
It's how you legally become someone's kid even if you didn't come from their tummy. It's the ultimate "pinalaki sa gatas, hindi sa dugo" (raised on milk, not by blood) story. Also used jokingly when you want your rich tita to just adopt you already so you can inherit her Chanel bags.
From Spanish "adopción".
ROOT MEANING: to adopt
The legal and formal term for "pag-aampon".
🇵🇭 Matagal at masalimuot ang proseso ng legal na adopsyon sa bansa.
🇺🇸 The legal adoption process in the country is long and complicated.
🇵🇭 Nagpasya ang mag-asawa na dumaan sa adopsyon upang magkaroon ng anak.
🇺🇸 The couple decided to go through adoption to have a child.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.