EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to cause to stagger or sway...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
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/mag-pa-su-ray-SU-ray/
FIL: Ang pagiging sanhi ng pagewang-gewang o di-matatag na paglakad o pagtayo ng isang tao o bagay.
EN: to cause to stagger or sway
This is what one too many bottles of Red Horse does to a person. The alcohol is the agent that makes them magpasuray-suray. It's the verb for causing that wobbly, unstable walk you see after a long inuman session or when someone gets really dizzy. The ground feels like it's moving, and you're just trying to stay upright.
magpa- (causative prefix) + suray-suray (reduplication of 'suray', meaning to sway or stagger)
ROOT MEANING: stagger, wobble
The subject of this verb is the *cause* of the staggering, not the person staggering. The person who is staggering is 'sumusuray-suray'.
🇵🇭 Ang sobrang pag-inom ng alak ay nagpapasuray-suray sa kanya.
🇺🇸 Drinking too much alcohol is causing him to stagger.
🇵🇭 Ang malakas na lindol ay nagpasuray-suray sa mga tao sa loob ng gusali.
🇺🇸 The strong earthquake caused the people inside the building to sway.
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