EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
superficially, as a pretense...
will change clothes...
will make/sell bibingka...
Pang-uri
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/ba-la-BA-la/
FIL: Sa paraang walang ingat, walang-kabuluhan, o bilang pagkukunwari lamang.
EN: superficially, as a pretense
Acting 'dedma' or unbothered, but you're really not. It's doing something just for the sake of doing it, without any real effort or heart. Like when you 'clean' your room by just throwing everything in the closet. That's balabala cleaning. It's the energy of 'bahala na si Batman'.
Possibly a reduplication of a root related to pretense or superficiality.
This word is not very common in modern conversation and might be considered literary or dated.
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🇵🇭 Huwag mong gawin nang balabala ang iyong mga tungkulin.
🇺🇸 Do not perform your duties superficially.
🇵🇭 Balabala lamang ang kanyang paghingi ng tawad, hindi ito taos-puso.
🇺🇸 His apology was just a pretense, it wasn't sincere.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.