EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to cause wonder or astonishment...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/mag-pa-ta-KA/
FIL: Ang pagiging sanhi ng pagtataka, panggigilalas, o pagkamangha sa iba.
EN: to cause wonder or astonishment
This is a bit of a deep cut. It's not something you *do* intentionally like 'magpatawa' (to make someone laugh). It's more like your actions or a situation *causes* people to wonder. For example, 'Ang bigla niyang pagyaman ay nagpataka sa kanyang mga kapitbahay.' (His sudden wealth caused his neighbors to wonder). It's the verb form of making people go 'Hmm, anong meron?'
ROOT MEANING: amazed, surprised, wondering
Less common in everyday conversation than its root 'taka' (wonder) or the adjective 'nakapagtataka' (puzzling). It implies an indirect causation of wonder. The more common form is 'makapagpataka'.
🇵🇭 Ang kanyang mga kakaibang kilos ay nagpataka sa amin.
🇺🇸 His strange actions caused us to wonder.
🇵🇭 Huwag kang gumawa ng bagay na magpapataka sa iyong mga magulang.
🇺🇸 Don't do anything that will make your parents wonder/suspicious.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.