EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
beating, mauling...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/GUL-pi/
FIL: Ang akto ng paulit-ulit na pananakit o pagpalo sa isang tao o hayop; matinding bugbog.
EN: beating, mauling
Ito 'yung matatanggap mo 'pag 'di ka umuwi sa tamang oras at hinanap ka na ng nanay mo na may hawak na tsinelas. In sports, it's what happens when your favorite team loses by 50 points—gulpi sarado!
From Spanish 'golpe' (a hit, a blow).
Refers to a severe physical beating. The verb form is 'gulpihin'.
🇵🇭 Nakakuha ng matinding gulpi ang magnanakaw mula sa mga taumbayan.
🇺🇸 The thief received a severe beating from the townspeople.
🇵🇭 Inawat ng pulis ang lalaking gustong gulpihin ang kanyang kaaway.
🇺🇸 The police stopped the man who wanted to maul his enemy.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.