EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to let subside; to cause to recede...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/mag-pa-HU-pa/
FIL: Ang paggawa ng paraan o paghihintay upang mabawasan ang tindi, lakas, o dami ng isang bagay, tulad ng baha, galit, o lagnat.
EN: to let subside; to cause to recede
That feeling when you're super angry ("gigil") and you take deep breaths to calm down—that's pagpapahupa of your anger. It's also what you wait for after a typhoon: "Hintayin nating magpahupa ng baha." It's the act of letting things chill out, whether it's floodwaters, a fever, or your friend's drama.
From mag- (actor-focus verb prefix) + pa- (causative prefix) + hupa (subside, recede).
Can be used for emotions, physical conditions (fever, swelling), or natural phenomena (flood, storm). The actor can be the one causing the subsiding, or it can be used intransitively meaning "to wait for it to subside".
🇵🇭 Uminom siya ng gamot para magpahupa ng lagnat.
🇺🇸 He drank medicine to make the fever subside.
🇵🇭 Kailangan nating magpahupa muna ng galit bago tayo mag-usap.
🇺🇸 We need to let our anger subside first before we talk.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.