EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to become expensive; to increase in price...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
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Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/mag-ma-HAL/
FIL: Pagtaas ng presyo o halaga ng isang produkto, bilihin, o serbisyo.
EN: to become expensive; to increase in price
This is the `magmahal` that gives everyone a headache. It’s what happens to onions, gasoline, and Noche Buena ingredients right before Christmas. It's the reason your ₱1,000 bill feels like ₱100. "Lahat na lang nagmamahal, ikaw na lang hindi." (Everything is getting expensive, you're the only one who isn't.) is a classic hugot line playing on this word's double meaning.
ROOT MEANING: expensive, costly; dear, beloved
This refers to price. It is a homonym of the verb 'to love'.
🇵🇭 Nagsimulang magmahal ang presyo ng gasolina noong nakaraang linggo.
🇺🇸 The price of gasoline started to become expensive last week.
🇵🇭 Kapag papalapit na ang Pasko, siguradong magmamahal ang mga bilihin.
🇺🇸 When Christmas approaches, goods will surely increase in price.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.