EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
a sliding or slipping motion...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
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/DA-us-dos/
FIL: Ang kilos ng pagdulas o pagpapadulas sa isang makinis na ibabaw.
EN: a sliding or slipping motion
The feeling of your tsinelas on a newly-mopped SM floor. That's **dausdos**. It's the sound and motion of something sliding smoothly (or dangerously) downwards. It's the 'whee' of going down a slide, or the 'oops' of slipping on a banana peel.
Likely onomatopoeic or descriptive of the sliding sound/motion.
Often used to describe a smooth, downward sliding movement. Can be a noun or the root for a verb (e.g., dumausdos).
🇵🇭 Narinig ko ang dausdos ng mga bato mula sa bundok.
🇺🇸 I heard the sliding of rocks from the mountain.
🇵🇭 Ang dausdos niya sa slide ay napakabilis.
🇺🇸 His slide down the slide was very fast.
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