EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to yank, to pull suddenly...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/hal-TA-kin/
FIL: Biglaang at malakas na hilahin ang isang bagay o tao.
EN: to yank, to pull suddenly
Yung feeling na bigla kang kinalabit ng kaibigan mo para ipakita ang chismis sa phone niya. O yung pag-agaw sa huling piraso ng lechon sa handaan. It’s not a gentle pull; it’s a 'GIMME THAT' kind of pull. A sudden, forceful, no-questions-asked tug.
Possibly from Spanish 'jalar' (to pull) + Tagalog affixation.
This is the object-focus form of the verb. The actor-focus form is 'humaltak'.
🇵🇭 Huwag mong haltakin ang damit ko, masisira!
🇺🇸 Don't yank my clothes, they'll get ruined!
🇵🇭 Hinaltak ng pulis ang magnanakaw palabas ng kotse.
🇺🇸 The policeman pulled the thief out of the car.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.