EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to dredge...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
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Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/mag-DRA-ga/
FIL: Ang paghukay o pag-alis ng putik, buhangin, o basura mula sa ilalim ng isang anyong tubig tulad ng ilog o lawa gamit ang isang makina (draga).
EN: to dredge
This is heavy-duty cleaning for rivers and canals. Think of it as declogging the world's biggest sink. It's what needs to happen to the Pasig River, and what you wish you could do to your clogged kitchen drain but on a massive scale. It's a dirty, noisy, but absolutely necessary job to prevent floods. Or, you know, what you do to your DMs to clear out old, irrelevant messages.
From Spanish 'draga' (dredge).
Primarily used in the context of civil engineering, public works, and environmental cleaning.
🇵🇭 Nagpasya ang pamahalaan na magdraga ng ilog upang maiwasan ang pagbaha.
🇺🇸 The government decided to dredge the river to prevent flooding.
🇵🇭 Mahal ang proyekto na magdraga sa buong lawa.
🇺🇸 The project to dredge the entire lake is expensive.
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