EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to create, to invent, to fabricate...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/kat-HA-in/
FIL: Ang paglikha, pag-imbento, o pagbuo ng isang bagay mula sa imahinasyon, tulad ng isang kuwento, tula, o kasinungalingan.
EN: to create, to invent, to fabricate
The verb form of "katha." Ito yung action of making something up. Pwedeng kathain mo ang pinakamagandang tula for your crush, or pwede mong kathain ang pinaka-creative na dahilan para 'di makasama sa family reunion. The power is in your hands (and your imagination).
From katha + -in.
ROOT MEANING: creation, fiction, work (of art/literature)
Can be used for both creative works and for fabricating lies. The context is key.
🇵🇭 Sinubukan niyang kathain ang isang awit tungkol sa kanyang karanasan.
🇺🇸 She tried to create a song about her experience.
🇵🇭 Huwag kang kumatha ng kuwento para lang makalusot.
🇺🇸 Don't fabricate a story just to get away with it.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.