EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
garrote...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/ga-RO-te/
FIL: Isang kasangkapan na ginagamit sa pagsakal o pagbitay sa isang tao, karaniwang binubuo ng isang pisi, kadena, o alambre na hinihigpitan sa leeg. Ginagamit din bilang pandiwa na tumutukoy sa akto ng pagsakal gamit ito.
EN: garrote
This is some dark history stuff. Think Spanish colonial era execution method. It's the ultimate, brutal "I can't breathe." In modern, less literal terms, it's what you feel when you see your Meralco bill after a month of WFH with the aircon on 24/7.
From Spanish 'garrote'.
Associated with historical execution methods in the Philippines, most famously with the Gomburza priests.
🇵🇭 Ang Gomburza ay pinarusahan sa pamamagitan ng garote.
🇺🇸 The Gomburza were executed by means of the garrote.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.