EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to guard, to watch over...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
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/ban-TA-yan/
FIL: Ang pagbabantay o pagmamasid sa isang tao, bagay, o lugar upang ito ay protektahan o siguruhing nasa maayos na kalagayan.
EN: to guard, to watch over
This is what your nanay tells you to do with the nilaga on the stove so it doesn't boil over. Or what you do to your crush's IG stories, waiting for them to post. It's active surveillance, whether for your baby sibling or for your favorite pair of sneakers you left outside.
From 'bantay' (guard) + '-an' (locative/objective suffix).
"Bantayan" implies a specific object or person to watch. "Magbantay" is more general, meaning "to be on guard."
🇵🇭 Bantayan mo ang kapatid mo habang nasa palengke ako.
🇺🇸 Watch over your sibling while I'm at the market.
🇵🇭 Kailangang bantayan ang mga boto upang maiwasan ang pandaraya.
🇺🇸 The votes must be guarded to prevent fraud.
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Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.