EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to plead gently; to implore...
to wear a suit; to wear formal attire...
to drive a truck...
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FIL: Pakiusapan ang isang tao sa isang malumanay, mapagkumbaba, at kaakit-akit na paraan.
EN: to plead gently; to implore
This is the "puppy dog eyes" move in verb form. It's when you're begging for a favor, but you do it gently and with maximum pa-cute or pa-awa effect. You're not demanding, you're imploring. It's how you ask your boss for a day off after a long weekend, or how a child asks for one more piece of candy.
ROOT MEANING: tame; gentle; domesticated
Less intense and desperate than 'magmakaawa'. It focuses on gentleness and charm.
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🇵🇭 Nagmamakaamo ang bata sa kanyang ina na bilhan siya ng bagong laruan.
🇺🇸 The child is pleading gently with his mother to buy him a new toy.
🇵🇭 Kailangan ko pang magmakaamo para lang payagan siyang lumabas.
🇺🇸 I still had to implore just to get her permission to go out.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.