EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
strictness...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/ka-hig-pi-TAN/
FIL: Ang katangian ng pagiging mahigpit, marahas, o hindi maluwag; maaari ring tumukoy sa kalagayan ng kakulangan o pagiging limitado.
EN: strictness
This is your parents' 10 PM curfew. It's your terror prof's 'no extension' policy. It's when the budget is so tight you can only afford instant noodles until the next payday ('gipit' is a cousin). **Kahigpitan** is that feeling of being squeezed, whether by rules or by finances.
From `ka-`...`-an` (denoting quality or state) around `higpit` (tightness, strictness).
Can refer to the strictness of rules, the tightness of a space or object, or financial difficulty (kagipitan).
🇵🇭 Dahil sa kahigpitan ng kanilang mga magulang, bihirang makalabas ang magkapatid.
🇺🇸 Because of their parents' strictness, the siblings rarely get to go out.
🇵🇭 Naramdaman niya ang kahigpitan ng yakap ng kanyang ina.
🇺🇸 She felt the tightness of her mother's hug.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.