EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to make someone a boyfriend/girlfriend; boyfriend/...
to signal; to gesture...
to give birth to; to be born...
Pang-uri
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/jo-JO-wa-in/
FIL: Ang gawing kasintahan o "jowa" ang isang tao. Bilang pang-uri, tumutukoy ito sa isang tao na may mga katangiang kanais-nais para maging kasintahan.
EN: to make someone a boyfriend/girlfriend; boyfriend/girlfriend material
This is the ultimate "ship" term in the Pinoy dating world. It's the verb form of "jowa" (bf/gf). When you see someone and think, "Yes, I'd bring them home to meet my parents and share my Netflix password with them," that person is "jojowain." It's the opposite of "totropahin" (friend-zone material).
Mula sa salitang balbal na "jowa" (kasintahan) + ang pandiwang hulapi na "-in."
ROOT MEANING: boyfriend/girlfriend, partner
A very popular slang term in modern Filipino, especially among millennials and Gen Z. Used in the popular game/meme "Jojowain o Totropahin?" (Boyfriend/Girlfriend Material or Just Friends?).
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🇵🇭 Ang bait at talino niya, siguradong jojowain ko 'yan!
🇺🇸 He's so kind and smart, I'd definitely make him my boyfriend!
🇵🇭 Sa laro naming 'Jojowain o Totropahin', lahat sila sinabi na jojowain si Chris Evans.
🇺🇸 In our game 'Boyfriend Material or Just Friends', they all said Chris Evans is boyfriend material.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.