EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to have a snack...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/mag-mer-YEN-da/
FIL: Ang pagkain sa pagitan ng mga pangunahing oras ng pagkain tulad ng agahan, tanghalian, at hapunan.
EN: to have a snack
The sacred Filipino ritual that happens around 3-4 PM. It's not lunch, it's not dinner, it's the magical meal in between powered by pancit canton, fishball, or banana cue. It’s the reason why we have two words for "snack" (meryenda and... another meryenda).
From Spanish 'merienda' (afternoon snack), combined with the Tagalog verb prefix 'mag-'.
ROOT MEANING: snack
A very common daily activity in the Philippines.
🇵🇭 Tara, magmeryenda tayo ng turon at sago't gulaman.
🇺🇸 Come on, let's have a snack of turon and sago't gulaman.
🇵🇭 Tumigil muna kami sa pagtatrabaho para magmeryenda.
🇺🇸 We stopped working for a while to have a snack.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.