EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to turn a blind eye; to ignore deliberately...
wife...
carrying something...
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FIL: Sadyaing huwag pansinin o kilalanin ang isang bagay na alam mong nangyayari, lalo na kung ito ay mali o hindi kaaya-aya.
EN: to turn a blind eye; to ignore deliberately
That thing you do when your friend is making a questionable life choice but you're too tired to argue. Or when a politician sees corruption but does nothing. You just 'ipikit ang mata' and pretend you didn't see anything. It's the national sport of selective vision.
An idiomatic expression. The literal meaning is 'to close the eyes', but it is almost always used figuratively to mean 'to ignore'.
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🇵🇭 Mahirap ipikit ang mata sa kahirapang nakikita mo sa paligid.
🇺🇸 It's hard to turn a blind eye to the poverty you see around you.
🇵🇭 Pinili niyang ipikit ang mata sa mga kasalanan ng kanyang kaibigan.
🇺🇸 He chose to turn a blind eye to his friend's mistakes.
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Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.