EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
threatening gesture...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/AM-ba/
FIL: Isang kilos o galaw ng pagbabanta, karaniwang gamit ang kamay o braso, na hindi naman tinutuloy.
EN: threatening gesture
'Yung akmang susuntok pero hindi naman tinuloy. Classic amba 'yan. Parang 'yung boss mong laging nagpaparinig na magtatanggal ng tao pero wala namang nangyayari. Puro amba lang. It's the physical version of "I'm warning you!"
Possibly from Malay 'ambah' (to aim at).
Often used in the context of a fight or a bluff. The verb form is 'umamba' (to make a threatening gesture).
🇵🇭 Puro ka lang amba, hindi mo naman kayang ituloy.
🇺🇸 You're all just threatening gestures, you can't even follow through.
🇵🇭 Isang amba lang niya ay nagsitakbuhan na ang mga bata.
🇺🇸 Just one threatening gesture from him and the children ran off.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.