EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
shock tactic; sudden surprise...
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/GOL-pe-de-GU-lat/
FIL: Isang biglaan at hindi inaasahang kilos o pangyayari na nagdudulot ng matinding pagkagulat o pagkabigla.
EN: shock tactic; sudden surprise
When you thought it was just a regular Tuesday meeting, but your boss suddenly announces a surprise 'team building' trip to Boracay. It's that 'wait, what just happened?' moment. The ultimate plot twist.
A hybrid phrase from Spanish 'golpe' (strike) and Tagalog 'gulat' (shock).
ROOT MEANING: surprise, shock, fright
An idiomatic expression used to describe a surprising action or event meant to shock or startle.
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🇵🇭 Golpe-de-gulat ang biglaang pag-amin niya na aalis na siya sa kumpanya.
🇺🇸 His sudden confession that he was leaving the company was a shock tactic.
🇵🇭 Naghanda sila ng golpe-de-gulat na sorpresa para sa kaarawan ng kanilang nanay.
🇺🇸 They prepared a sudden surprise for their mother's birthday.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.