EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to bite each other...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/ka-ga-TAN/
FIL: Ang sabay-sabay o palitang pag-kagat ng dalawa o higit pang tao o hayop. Ang akto ng pag-aaway gamit ang mga ngipin.
EN: to bite each other
The plural form of 'kagat' in action. Think two dogs fighting, or you and your siblings fighting over the last piece of chicharon. It's a mutual biting frenzy. 'Nagkagatan ang mga aso sa kalye.' It can also be used figuratively for intense arguments. 'Para silang nagkakagatan sa board meeting.'
kagat + -an
ROOT MEANING: a bite
A reciprocal verb form. Often implies conflict or a shared, sometimes competitive, act of eating.
🇵🇭 Huwag ninyong hayaang mag-kagatan ang mga alagang aso.
🇺🇸 Don't let the pet dogs bite each other.
🇵🇭 Nag-kagatan ang mga bata sa iisang piraso ng mangga.
🇺🇸 The children competitively bit at the single piece of mango.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.