EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
almost, nearly...
to mention repeatedly; to keep saying...
to scatter; to cause to burst apart...
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/HA-los/
FIL: Nangangahulugang malapit na sa kabuuan, pagiging ganap, o sa isang tiyak na bilang o antas; hindi pa lubos.
EN: almost, nearly
The official word for 'muntik na'. When you're *halos* on time for work but your boss is already staring at you. When you're *halos* tapos na sa project, but the client wants 'one small revision'. It's the story of our lives: so close, yet so far.
Malay 'halus' (fine, subtle), with a semantic shift in Tagalog.
Commonly precedes verbs, adjectives, or nouns (with a quantifier like 'lahat'). Examples like 'halos lahat' (almost all) and 'halos pigil' (almost holding one's breath) are common phrases derived from this word.
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🇵🇭 Halos mahulog ako sa hagdan kanina.
🇺🇸 I almost fell down the stairs earlier.
🇵🇭 Gabi na nang dumating ang halos lahat ng bisita.
🇺🇸 It was already night when almost all the guests arrived.
🇵🇭 Halos mag-iisang oras na akong naghihintay.
🇺🇸 I've been waiting for almost an hour.
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Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.