EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to eat with one's hands...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/KA-mal/
FIL: Ang kilos ng paggamit ng kamay sa pagkain, o ang pagmamasa ng isang bagay tulad ng masa para sa tinapay.
EN: to eat with one's hands
The OG Filipino way to eat, no utensils required. It’s when you use your bare hands to mix the ulam with the rice. It’s a scientifically unproven fact that food tastes 10x better when you 'kamal'. Just make sure you wash your hands first, please. Also used for kneading dough, but let's be real, we think of food first.
Can be a verb root (e.g., kumamal, kinakamal) or a noun referring to the act itself (pagkamal). The meaning 'to knead' is less common in everyday speech than 'to eat with hands'.
🇵🇭 Masarap mag-kamal ng kanin at pritong isda.
🇺🇸 It's satisfying to eat rice and fried fish with one's hands.
🇵🇭 Tinuruan siya ng kanyang lola kung paano mag-kamal ng masa para sa pandesal.
🇺🇸 His grandmother taught him how to knead the dough for pandesal.
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Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.