EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to become impoverished; to live in extreme poverty...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/mag-hi-ka-HOS/
FIL: Ang maranasan ang matinding kahirapan o kasalatan sa mga pangunahing pangangailangan sa buhay.
EN: to become impoverished; to live in extreme poverty
This is a deep, classic Tagalog word for being broke, but on a whole other level. Hindi lang 'petsa de peligro'. Ito 'yung state na you're struggling to make ends meet, 'isang kahig, isang tuka'. It's the reality many face, a struggle to get by.
ROOT MEANING: destitute, impoverished
A formal and literary term for experiencing destitution. It implies a state of being, not just a temporary lack of money.
🇵🇭 Maraming pamilya ang lalong nag-maghikahos dahil sa pandemya.
🇺🇸 Many families became more impoverished because of the pandemic.
🇵🇭 Nang pumanaw ang kanilang ama, nagsimulang maghikahos ang kanilang pamilya.
🇺🇸 When their father passed away, their family began to live in extreme poverty.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.