EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to fall off; to drop...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
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/lu-mag-LAG/
FIL: Nahulog o natanggal mula sa kinalalagyan o pinagkakabitan.
EN: to fall off; to drop
Imagine holding too many groceries and one mango decides it's had enough and just gives up. That's lumaglag. It's not a dramatic 'fall from grace' kind of fall, more like an accidental 'oops, it slipped' situation. Also used for failing an exam. 'Lumaglag ako sa exam, bes.'
From `laglag` (fall, drop) + the infix `-um-`.
ROOT MEANING: Fallen; dropped; failed
Often interchangeable with `nahulog`, but `lumaglag` implies something falling off from a higher position or from where it was attached, like a fruit from a tree or a button from a shirt.
🇵🇭 Lumaglag ang butones ng kanyang damit.
🇺🇸 The button fell off his shirt.
🇵🇭 Biglang lumaglag ang hinog na mangga mula sa puno.
🇺🇸 The ripe mango suddenly dropped from the tree.
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