EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
slender; svelte...
incapable, unable, incompetent...
motionless, silent...
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FIL: Naglalarawan sa isang tao o bagay na may payat ngunit matikas na pangangatawan; may mahabang hubog.
EN: slender; svelte
The OG Filipino term for 'body goals.' It's not just skinny, it's elegant skinny. Think of a beauty queen's physique or that friend who can eat a whole lechon but still looks like a bamboo shoot. It's a very classic, almost poetic way to say someone is slim and graceful.
Possibly from 'baling' (bend) and 'kinitan' (seen), suggesting a body whose grace is seen in its curves/bends.
A formal and somewhat literary term. Not commonly used in casual conversation, where 'payat' or 'slim' are more frequent.
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🇵🇭 Hinangaan ng lahat ang kanyang balinkinitan na katawan.
🇺🇸 Everyone admired her slender body.
🇵🇭 Ang mga dalaga sa mga lumang pelikula ay kadalasang inilalarawan bilang balinkinitan.
🇺🇸 The young ladies in old movies are often described as svelte.
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Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.