EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
Insult; scorn; mockery...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
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Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/LA-it/
FIL: Ang mapanirang-puri o mapangutyang pananalita laban sa isang tao; paghamak o pag-alipusta.
EN: Insult; scorn; mockery
The OG 'bashing'. Before cyberbullying became a thing, there was 'lait'. It's what your tita does at the family reunion when she says, 'Uy, tumaba ka!' with matching judgmental eyes. That's pure, unadulterated lait.
The verb form is 'laitin' (to insult someone). It implies a level of scorn and looking down on the person being insulted.
🇵🇭 Hindi maganda ang panay na lait sa kapwa.
🇺🇸 Constant mockery of others is not good.
🇵🇭 Huwag mong laitin ang kanyang hitsura.
🇺🇸 Don't insult his appearance.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.