EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to hold accountable; to make someone answer for...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/i-pag-bi-gay-SU-lit/
FIL: Ang paghiling ng paliwanag o pananagutan mula sa isang tao para sa kanyang mga ginawa.
EN: to hold accountable; to make someone answer for
This is the "explain yourself" verb. When you do something wrong and your boss says, "I want a report on my desk tomorrow morning," they want you to ipagbigay-sulit your actions. It's the moment of reckoning. In a relationship, it's the "Saan ka galing? Bakit ngayon ka lang?" interrogation. You are being asked to justify your actions and prove their worth or explain their failure.
ROOT MEANING: worthwhile
A formal term. 'Sulit' here means accounting or reckoning, not 'worth it'. The root is from the compound 'bigay-sulit'.
🇵🇭 Dapat mong ipagbigay-sulit ang bawat sentimong ginastos mo mula sa pondo ng bayan.
🇺🇸 You must be held accountable for every cent you spent from the public funds.
🇵🇭 Ipagbigay-sulit mo ang iyong mga pagkakamali sa proyektong ito.
🇺🇸 Answer for your mistakes in this project.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.