EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to probe; to sound out; to survey...
sis; girl...
sis; girl (emphatic)...
Pang-uri
Hindi nagbabago, hindi kumukupas, o hindi natatapos; walang hanggan.
/mag-SON-da/
FIL: Ang paggamit ng isang instrumento o pamamaraan upang alamin ang lalim, katangian, o opinyon ng isang bagay. Pagsusuri o pagtatanong upang makakuha ng impormasyon.
EN: to probe; to sound out; to survey
This is what you do when you're trying to figure out if your crush likes you back, but you're too torpe to ask directly. You 'probe' for info from their friends. 'Magsonda ka muna kung single pa siya.' In a more literal sense, it's what surveyors do to land or what doctors do with a probe.
From Spanish 'sonda' meaning 'probe, sounding line'.
Can be used literally for physical probing or figuratively for gauging opinions or feelings.
🇵🇭 Kailangan nating magsonda sa mga residente para malaman ang kanilang saloobin sa bagong proyekto.
🇺🇸 We need to survey the residents to know their opinion on the new project.
🇵🇭 Sinubukan niyang magsonda kung ano ang nararamdaman ng kaibigan niya tungkol sa isyu.
🇺🇸 He tried to sound out how his friend felt about the issue.
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Pang-uri
Hindi nagbabago, hindi kumukupas, o hindi natatapos; walang hanggan.