EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to shred, to tear into small pieces...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/gu-mu-TAY/
FIL: Ang marahas na pagpunit o pagpilas sa isang bagay hanggang sa maging maliliit na piraso.
EN: to shred, to tear into small pieces
This is what happens to your important documents in a shredder, or what your dog does to the tissue roll. It's a more violent, chaotic version of 'pumunit'. If your paper is just torn, 'napunit.' If it looks like it went through a blender, it was *ginutay*.
ROOT MEANING: torn to pieces; shredded
Implies destruction and being torn into many small, often unrecognizable, pieces. Can be used figuratively for emotions.
🇵🇭 Gumutay ang puso niya nang marinig ang masamang balita.
🇺🇸 Her heart was torn to pieces when she heard the bad news.
🇵🇭 Ang pusa ay gumutay sa lumang pahayagan.
🇺🇸 The cat shredded the old newspaper.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.