EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to leave a gap; to set slightly ajar...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
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FIL: Mag-iwan ng puwang o bahagyang pagkakabukas sa pagitan ng dalawang bagay, tulad ng pinto o bintana.
EN: to leave a gap; to set slightly ajar
This is what you do to the door when you want some privacy but also want to hear the chismis from the living room. Or leaving the window "naka-awang" just enough for some air but not enough for the neighbor's cat to get in. It's the art of being half-open, half-closed.
ROOT MEANING: gap; crevice; small opening
🇵🇭 Iawang mo lang ang pinto para makapasok ang hangin.
🇺🇸 Just leave the door slightly ajar so the air can come in.
🇵🇭 Huwag mong iawang nang malaki ang bintana dahil baka may pumasok.
🇺🇸 Don't leave a wide gap in the window because someone might enter.
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Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.