EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
persuasion; entreaty; inducement...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/a-MU-ki/
FIL: Ang paghimok o paghikayat sa isang tao na gawin ang isang bagay sa pamamagitan ng pakiusap o pangangatuwiran.
EN: persuasion; entreaty; inducement
This is the art of convincing someone, the 'pilit' game. It's your friend trying to get you to go out on a Friday night when you just want to binge Netflix. It's the vendor at Greenhills using every trick in the book to make you buy that 'authentic' bag. It's the low-key, often repeated effort to get someone to say yes.
Less common in everyday conversation than its verb form 'amukiin' or synonyms like 'himok' or 'hikayat'.
🇵🇭 Dahil sa amuki ng kanyang mga kaibigan, sumali siya sa paligsahan.
🇺🇸 Because of the persuasion of his friends, he joined the contest.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.