EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to have a dispute...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/mag-ka-a-LIT/
FIL: Magkaroon ng hindi pagkakaunawaan o hidwaan sa isa't isa.
EN: to have a dispute
Ito 'yung state ng dalawang tao na may "issue". Hindi pa full-blown away, pero may tension na. Think of it as the cold war phase of a friendship breakup or a family drama over the last piece of lechon. Sila ay **magkaalit**.
From magka- (reciprocal state) + alit (dispute, friction).
ROOT MEANING: faint glow, ember
Refers to the state of being in conflict or at odds with someone. It is a less intense version of 'magkaaway'.
🇵🇭 Matagal nang magkaalit ang dalawang magkapitbahay dahil sa hangganan ng kanilang lupa.
🇺🇸 The two neighbors have long been in a dispute over their property line.
🇵🇭 Ayokong magkaalit tayo dahil lang sa pera.
🇺🇸 I don't want us to have a falling-out just because of money.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.