EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to let someone smoke; to cause someone to smoke...
to enslave, to treat as a servant...
a servant who works only for food...
Pang-uri
Isang katangian ng pagiging kalmado, matatag ang loob, at hindi nakakaramdam ng takot, kaba, o pagkabalisa sa harap ng isang hamon o sitwasyon.
/mag-pa-HI-tit/
FIL: Ang pagbibigay ng pagkakataon o pag-udyok sa isang tao na humitit o suminghot ng usok, karaniwan mula sa sigarilyo o anumang katulad nito.
EN: to let someone smoke; to cause someone to smoke
This is when you offer a cigarette to a friend, "Yosi break muna tayo, pre." Or, more negatively, it's when someone pressures another person to start smoking. It's the verb form of "share a stick" or "peer pressure in a puff."
From mag- (actor-focus verb prefix) + pa- (causative prefix) + hitit (to puff, to smoke).
Often used in the context of smoking cigarettes, but can also refer to other inhaled substances.
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🇵🇭 Huwag kang magpahitit sa mga bata.
🇺🇸 Don't let the children smoke.
🇵🇭 Nagpahitit siya ng isang stick sa kanyang kaibigan na stressed.
🇺🇸 He let his stressed friend have a puff from a stick (of cigarette).
Pang-uri
Isang katangian ng pagiging kalmado, matatag ang loob, at hindi nakakaramdam ng takot, kaba, o pagkabalisa sa harap ng isang hamon o sitwasyon.