EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
low-class; crude; unrefined...
weeping, lamentation...
to attempt (something on someone); to make an atte...
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.
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FIL: Tumutukoy sa isang kilos, pananamit, o lugar na itinuturing na mababa ang uri, magulo, o hindi kaaya-aya ayon sa pamantayan ng lipunan.
EN: low-class; crude; unrefined
When your tita calls your ripped jeans "ghetto," she means it looks cheap or "iskwater." It's the Pinoy way of saying something lacks class or refinement, whether it's a place, a person's style, or their "asal" (behavior). It’s a borrowed word, but we use it with our own special brand of judgment.
From English 'ghetto', which is originally from Italian 'ghetto'.
Often used with a negative, classist connotation to describe behavior, style, or places deemed unrefined or of a lower social status.
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🇵🇭 Ayaw niyang manirahan doon dahil masyadong ghetto daw ang lugar.
🇺🇸 He doesn't want to live there because he says the place is too ghetto.
🇵🇭 Itigil mo 'yang pag-uugaling ghetto, nakakahiya sa mga bisita.
🇺🇸 Stop that crude behavior, it's embarrassing in front of the guests.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.