EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to straighten...
will choose...
will go fishing (with a hook and line)...
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/de-RE-tsa/
FIL: Gawing tuwid o diretso ang isang bagay na liko o baluktot.
EN: to straighten
What your mom tells you to do with your life path ('Iderecho mo ang buhay mo!'), or what you do to that crumpled 20-peso bill you found in your pocket. It's the act of making something straight.
From the root 'deretso', which is from Spanish 'derecho'.
ROOT MEANING: straight; direct
The verb form of 'deretso'. Can be used literally for objects or figuratively for situations or one's life.
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🇵🇭 Pakisuyo, deretsa mo ang pagkakapark ng kotse.
🇺🇸 Please straighten how the car is parked.
🇵🇭 Sinusubukan niyang deretsahin ang gusot sa kanilang pamilya.
🇺🇸 He is trying to straighten out the conflict in their family.
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Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.