EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to look from side to side (in confusion or denial)...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
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/mag-pa-LI-ngus-LI-ngos/
FIL: Ang paulit-ulit na paggalaw ng ulo sa magkabilang panig, na kadalasang nagpapahiwatig ng pagtanggi, pagkalito, o paghahanap.
EN: to look from side to side (in confusion or denial)
This is the classic "Who, me?" move. When the teacher asks who was talking and everyone in the back row starts to 'magpalingus-lingos'. It's different from 'magpalingun-lingon' (looking back). This is a side-to-side head shake, the physical embodiment of "Wala akong alam diyan, sir/ma'am!"
From `magpa-` and the reduplicated root `lingos` (to look sideways, to shake one's head).
Often implies denial, innocence, or being clueless. It's a physical gesture of shaking the head from side to side while looking around.
🇵🇭 Nang tanungin kung sino ang umubos ng ulam, nagpalingus-lingos ang lahat ng bata.
🇺🇸 When asked who finished the food, all the children looked from side to side innocently.
🇵🇭 Siya'y nagpalingus-lingos, litung-lito sa mga nangyayari.
🇺🇸 She kept looking from side to side, completely confused by what was happening.
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Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.