EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
slangy; vulgar; colloquial...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/ma-bal-BAL/
FIL: Tumutukoy sa mga salita, pananalita, o pag-uugali na hindi pormal, itinuturing na "pang-kalye," o labas sa pamantayan ng wastong wika.
EN: slangy; vulgar; colloquial
Describes language that isn't exactly textbook-Filipino. Think 'lodi', 'petmalu', 'werpa'. It's the language of the streets, of memes, of your cool tito. Can also mean a bit rough or unrefined, like describing someone's manners as 'mabalbal na ugali'.
ROOT MEANING: slang, street jargon
"Balbal" itself is the noun for "slang word". "Mabalbal" is the adjective form describing something as being slangy.
🇵🇭 Hindi ko maintindihan ang usapan nila dahil masyadong mabalbal.
🇺🇸 I can't understand their conversation because it's too slangy.
🇵🇭 May mga salitang mabalbal na katanggap-tanggap na ngayon sa ilang usapan.
🇺🇸 There are colloquial words that are now acceptable in some conversations.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.