EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
Vara (a unit of length); yard...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
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/BA-ra/
FIL: Isang lumang yunit ng sukat ng haba na katumbas ng humigit-kumulang tatlumpu't tatlong pulgada o halos isang yarda.
EN: Vara (a unit of length); yard
Before 'meters' and 'feet' became the standard, people used 'bara'. It's like the lola of measurement units. You'd hear this in old markets when buying cloth. Today, it's mostly a trivia word, like knowing what a floppy disk is.
Mula sa Espanyol na *vara* ("tungkod," "panukat na pamalo," "yarda").
Itinuturing nang makaluma at pinalitan na ng sistemang metriko. Maaari pa ring matagpuan sa mga kontekstong pangkasaysayan o pampanitikan.
🇵🇭 Bumili ang lola ng tatlong bara ng tela para sa kanyang bestida.
🇺🇸 Grandma bought three varas of cloth for her dress.
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