EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to be flooded...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
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/ba-ha-IN/
FIL: Mapuno o maapawan ng tubig-baha ang isang lugar.
EN: to be flooded
The verb form of every Filipino's rainy season nightmare. When your street turns into a river and you have to cancel all your plans, your area is being '**bahain**'. It's the official reason for 'walang pasok'.
ROOT MEANING: flood
Verb in the object-focus '-in' form. The place being flooded is the focus. Often used in its past tense 'binaha' (was flooded) or present tense 'binabaha' (is being flooded).
🇵🇭 Tiyak na babahain na naman ang kalsada dahil sa malakas na ulan.
🇺🇸 The road will surely be flooded again because of the heavy rain.
🇵🇭 Laging binabaha ang aming lugar tuwing may bagyo.
🇺🇸 Our area is always flooded whenever there's a typhoon.
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Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.