EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to cause hesitation...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/mag-pa-a-tu-BI-li/
FIL: Ang pagiging sanhi ng pag-aalinlangan o pag-uurong-sulong ng isang tao sa paggawa ng isang desisyon o kilos.
EN: to cause hesitation
This is when a situation or a person gives you major "pause." Like when your crush finally asks you out, but you remember your five pending deadlines – that's your workload making you magpaatubili. Or when the food delivery app shows a P200 delivery fee for a P150 meal. The situation itself is causing you to hesitate and rethink your life choices.
From `magpa-` (causative prefix) + `atubili` (hesitation).
Less common in casual conversation, more in formal or literary writing. The subject of the verb is the person or thing causing the hesitation.
🇵🇭 Ang laki ng gastusin ay siyang nagpaatubili sa kanya na ituloy ang plano.
🇺🇸 The large expense was what made him hesitate to continue with the plan.
🇵🇭 Huwag sanang magpaatubili sa iyo ang mga pagsubok na darating.
🇺🇸 I hope the coming challenges won't cause you to hesitate.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.