EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
fluffed; treated like cotton...
to cause a financial loss...
to renew, to reform, to change for the better...
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FIL: Isang bagay na ginawang malambot, magaan, at buhaghag na tila bulak.
EN: fluffed; treated like cotton
Imagine taking something and making it as fluffy and airy as cotton candy or your favorite pillow. 'Yan ang 'binulakan'. Pwede rin itong description sa ugali, parang 'pinalaki sa layaw', as if they were handled with cotton gloves. Parang 'yung friend mong ayaw mag-commute kasi 'di sanay sa siksikan.
From "bulak" (cotton), with the infix "-in-" and suffix "-an".
Can refer to the texture of food (like fluffed rice) or metaphorically to a person who is pampered.
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🇵🇭 Ang binulakang bigas ay ginagamit sa paggawa ng ilang kakanin.
🇺🇸 The fluffed rice is used in making certain rice cakes.
🇵🇭 Pinalaki siyang parang binulakan, kaya hindi siya sanay sa hirap.
🇺🇸 He was raised as if pampered (treated like cotton), so he is not used to hardship.
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