EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
was reduced...
torpedo (weapon)...
to sabotage a courtship...
Pang-uri
Isang kalagayan o lugar na may kakulangan o kawalan ng suplay ng tubig.
/bi-NA-was/
FIL: Ang kilos ng pag-alis ng isang bahagi mula sa isang kabuuan; ang pagbawas. Ito ang anyong pangnakaraan ng pandiwang 'bawasan'.
EN: was reduced
This is what happens to your salary on payday. You see the gross amount, you get excited, then you see the 'binawas': SSS, PhilHealth, Pag-IBIG, tax, and maybe that loan you took from the office cooperative. It's the 'reality check' part of your payslip.
ROOT MEANING: reduction; discount; deduction
Past tense of the verb 'bawasan' (to reduce something). The structure 'ang binawas' can function as a noun phrase meaning 'the amount that was deducted'.
🇵🇭 Malaki ang binawas sa sahod ko dahil sa mga utang.
🇺🇸 A large amount was deducted from my salary because of debts.
🇵🇭 Binawas niya ang asukal sa kape dahil masyado itong matamis.
🇺🇸 He reduced the sugar in the coffee because it was too sweet.
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Pang-uri
Isang kalagayan o lugar na may kakulangan o kawalan ng suplay ng tubig.