EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to make beautiful; to improve the appearance of...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
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/gan-da-HAN/
FIL: Gawing maganda, mas kaakit-akit, o mas maayos ang isang bagay; pagbutihin ang itsura.
EN: to make beautiful; to improve the appearance of
That moment when your boss looks at your report and says, '**Gandahan** mo pa.' It means 'make it better/prettier.' It's what you do to your PowerPoint presentation before a big pitch, what you tell the makeup artist for your graduation, or what you do to your resume before a job hunt. It's the verb for leveling up the aesthetics.
From 'ganda' (beauty) + '-han' (verb suffix).
ROOT MEANING: beautiful
Can be used literally (improving physical appearance) or figuratively (improving a work, plan, or story).
🇵🇭 Sige, gandahan mo pa ang drawing mo para mas mataas ang grado mo.
🇺🇸 Go on, make your drawing more beautiful so you get a higher grade.
🇵🇭 Kailangan mong gandahan ang sulat-kamay mo para mabasa.
🇺🇸 You need to improve your handwriting so it's readable.
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