EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
slang, street jargon...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/bal-BAL/
FIL: Ang pinakamababang antas ng wika na karaniwang ginagamit sa mga lansangan at sa mga impormal na usapan. Ito ay mga salitang nabuo sa labas ng pamantayang wika.
EN: slang, street jargon
This is the language of the 'kanto' and the 'barkada'. Think 'erpat', 'lodi', 'petmalu', 'werpa'. Balbal is the cool, ever-changing, sometimes-coded language you use with your friends but never with your lola or in a job interview. It's the Filipino language letting its hair down and having fun.
Refers to the category of words, not a specific word itself. It is a linguistic term.
🇵🇭 Ang salitang 'erpat' ay isang halimbawa ng salitang balbal.
🇺🇸 The word 'erpat' is an example of a slang word.
🇵🇭 Mahilig gumamit ng mga salitang balbal ang mga kabataan ngayon.
🇺🇸 The youth today like to use slang words.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.