EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
rudeness, vulgarity, obscenity...
to run away from home, to elope...
to move away from each other, to become distant...
Pang-uri
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FIL: Ang katangian, gawi, o salitang nagpapakita ng kawalan ng paggalang, kalaswaan, o pagiging mahalay.
EN: rudeness, vulgarity, obscenity
That moment when Tito Boy makes a green joke at the family reunion and everyone just stares at their plate. It's the verbal equivalent of wearing shoes inside the house when you've just been told not to. Basically, anything that would make your lola get the walis tingting.
From Spanish 'basto' (coarse, crude) with the Tagalog circumfix 'ka- -han'.
ROOT MEANING: rude, vulgar, impolite, obscene
Can refer to anything from simple impoliteness to outright lewdness.
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🇵🇭 Pagsabihan mo ang batang iyan, puro kabastusan ang lumalabas sa bibig.
🇺🇸 You should reprimand that child, only vulgarity comes out of his mouth.
🇵🇭 Isang kabastusan ang hindi paggalang sa mga nakatatanda.
🇺🇸 It is a form of rudeness to disrespect the elderly.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.