EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
became tight, was in a tight spot (financially)...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
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FIL: Ang maranasan ang kakapusan o kahirapan, lalo na sa usaping pananalapi; ang pagsikip ng kalagayan.
EN: became tight, was in a tight spot (financially)
That dreaded "petsa de peligro" feeling before payday when your wallet is crying. It's when you're forced to choose between load and lunch. It's the state of being financially "in a pickle." The antonym of "guminhawa".
This is the completed aspect (past tense) of the verb. It almost always refers to financial hardship.
🇵🇭 Mula nang mawalan siya ng trabaho, talagang gumipit ang kanilang pamilya.
🇺🇸 Since he lost his job, their family really fell into a tight spot financially.
🇵🇭 Huwag kang mag-alala, hindi tayo guminhawa noon pero hindi rin tayo gumipit.
🇺🇸 Don't worry, we weren't well-off before, but we were never in a tight spot either.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.