EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to be subjected to a barrage of questions or criti...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/ma-ba-li-tak-TAK/
FIL: Masailalim sa sunod-sunod at walang tigil na pagtatanong, puna, o pag-atake.
EN: to be subjected to a barrage of questions or criticisms; to be peppered with
This is you when you come home late and your parents are waiting by the door. 'Saan ka galing? Sinong kasama mo? Anong oras 'to?' You're being 'mabalitaktak' with questions. It's the verbal equivalent of being hit by a machine gun, but with words. Also happens in job interviews from hell.
ma- (potential verb prefix) + balitaktak (barrage, rapid succession)
Almost always used in the context of verbal attacks, questions, or arguments.
🇵🇭 Nabalitaktak ng tanong ang politiko mula sa mga mamamahayag.
🇺🇸 The politician was peppered with questions from the journalists.
🇵🇭 Ayokong umuwi agad dahil siguradong mababalitaktak ako ni Nanay.
🇺🇸 I don't want to go home yet because for sure Mom will barrage me with questions.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.