EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to treat, to medicate...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/gu-ma-MOT/
FIL: Maglapat ng lunas o gamot sa isang sakit, sugat, o karamdaman.
EN: to treat, to medicate
Playing doctor. It's what you do when your friend has a headache and you give them paracetamol, or when your mom puts Vicks on everything from a cough to a broken leg. It's the active process of applying a remedy.
From the root 'gamot' (medicine) with the infix '-um-'.
ROOT MEANING: medicine, drug, cure
This verb implies the person is the one administering the treatment, not necessarily a professional doctor. A doctor 'nanggagamot', while a person can 'gumamot' by applying first aid.
🇵🇭 Siya ang gumamot sa sugat ko pagkatapos akong madapa.
🇺🇸 She was the one who treated my wound after I fell.
🇵🇭 Sinubukan niyang gumamot sa sarili gamit ang mga halamang herbal.
🇺🇸 He tried to medicate himself using herbal plants.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.