EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
very rare, seldom...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/bi-bi-HI-ra/
FIL: Tumutukoy sa isang bagay, pangyayari, o kilos na hindi madalas mangyari o makita; pambihira.
EN: very rare, seldom
This is the "once in a blue moon" of Tagalog. A loyal politician? `Bibihira`. A day with zero traffic on EDSA? `Bibihira`. Your crush replying to your DM? `Bibihira`. It emphasizes extreme rarity.
Reduplication of the first syllable of "bihira" (rare) for intensification.
The reduplication of "bi-" adds emphasis, making it mean "very rare" as opposed to just "rare" (bihira). Can function as both an adjective and an adverb.
🇵🇭 Bibihira ang pagkakataong makita ang isang shooting star.
🇺🇸 The chance to see a shooting star is very rare.
🇵🇭 Bibihira na siyang umuwi sa probinsya mula nang magtrabaho siya sa Maynila.
🇺🇸 He seldom goes home to the province anymore since he started working in Manila.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.