EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to perform surgery; to operate...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/mag-o-pe-RA/
FIL: Ang pagsasagawa ng isang medikal na pamamaraan kung saan binubuksan o minamanipula ang katawan ng isang pasyente upang gamutin ang isang sakit o pinsala.
EN: to perform surgery; to operate
This is what doctors do in medical dramas when they say 'Scalpel!' It's the ultimate 'trust fall'—you're literally putting your life in someone's hands. It's also what your tita thinks will happen if you keep eating instant noodles: 'Naku, baka kailanganin mong magpa-opera sa bato!'
From Spanish 'operar' (to operate).
Primarily used in a medical context. The causative form is 'magpa-opera', meaning to undergo surgery.
🇵🇭 Ang mga doktor ay handa nang mag-opera sa pasyenteng may appendicitis.
🇺🇸 The doctors are ready to operate on the patient with appendicitis.
🇵🇭 Mahirap at maselan ang mag-opera sa puso.
🇺🇸 It is difficult and delicate to perform surgery on the heart.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.