EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to extort from someone; to milk someone for money...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/hut-HU-tan/
FIL: Kunan ng pera o yaman ang isang tao sa paraang sapilitan o mapanlinlang.
EN: to extort from someone; to milk someone for money
"Huwag kang papayag na huthutan ka lang ng jowa mong walang trabaho." This is the verb form. It's the action of doing the 'huthot'. It's what happens when your 'kaibigan' only messages you when they need to borrow money... again. You're being milked dry.
ROOT MEANING: extortion; milking someone for money
The object of this verb is the person or entity being extorted.
🇵🇭 Sinubukan nilang huthutan ang mga negosyante sa palengke.
🇺🇸 They tried to extort from the merchants in the market.
🇵🇭 Napagod na siyang huthutan ng kanyang mga kamag-anak.
🇺🇸 She got tired of being milked for money by her relatives.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.