EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to lessen, to decrease, to subtract...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
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FIL: Ang pag-alis ng isang bahagi mula sa kabuuan upang ito ay kumonti; magbawas o magtanggal.
EN: to lessen, to decrease, to subtract
What happens to your salary after taxes, SSS, PhilHealth, and Pag-IBIG. Also what you wish you could do to your body weight after the Noche Buena feast. It's the act of something becoming less, whether it's your money, your worries, or the pancit in the bilao.
ROOT MEANING: reduction; discount; deduction
Can be used for tangible things (money, food) and intangible things (pain, workload).
🇵🇭 Sana ay bumawas na ang bigat ng trapiko sa EDSA.
🇺🇸 I hope the heavy traffic on EDSA lessens.
🇵🇭 Bumawas ang laman ng wallet ko pagkatapos ng 12.12 sale.
🇺🇸 The contents of my wallet decreased after the 12.12 sale.
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Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.