EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
torn to pieces; shredded...
dissident...
disillusionment...
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.
/GU-tay/
FIL: Naglalarawan sa isang bagay na punit-punit, watak-watak, o sira-sira sa maliliit na piraso.
EN: torn to pieces; shredded
This is what happens when your dog finds your homework. Or when your heart gets broken into a million tiny pieces (charot). It's a state of being completely torn apart. You rarely hear it on its own; it's almost always in its more dramatic form: "gutay-gutay."
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *getas 'break, snap'.
This word is almost exclusively used in its reduplicated form, 'gutay-gutay', to add emphasis. Using 'gutay' alone is rare in modern speech.
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🇵🇭 Naging gutay ang papel matapos paglaruan ng pusa.
🇺🇸 The paper was torn to pieces after the cat played with it.
🇵🇭 Ang bandila ay gutay na dahil sa malakas na bagyo.
🇺🇸 The flag is shredded because of the strong typhoon.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.