EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to become thick/thicker...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
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/ku-ma-PAL/
FIL: Ang pagdagdag sa kapal, lapot, o pagiging mas siksik ng isang bagay.
EN: to become thick/thicker
This describes something getting thicker. It could be the sauce you're cooking that's finally reducing ('lumabnaw' is the opposite). It could be the crowd at the mall during a sale. Or, in classic Pinoy slang, it could be someone's face: "Kumapal na ang mukha mo!" means "You've become shameless!" It's a versatile word for density, literal or figurative.
Can be used literally for substances (sauce, paint) or figuratively for things like crowds or a person's shamelessness ('kapal ng mukha').
🇵🇭 Hinalo niya ang sarsa hanggang sa ito ay kumapal.
🇺🇸 She stirred the sauce until it thickened.
🇵🇭 Kumapal ang usok mula sa nasusunog na gusali.
🇺🇸 The smoke from the burning building grew thicker.
🇵🇭 Huwag kang mag-alala, kumapal na ang kalyo ko sa mga ganyang salita.
🇺🇸 Don't worry, my skin has grown thick to words like that (figurative).
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