EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to make things fit; to reconcile (figures/accounts...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/mag-TA-ma-TA-ma/
FIL: Pagsisikap na pagtugmain o pag-angkupin ang mga bagay, lalo na ang mga numero, datos, o kuwenta, upang maging wasto o magbalanse.
EN: to make things fit; to reconcile (figures/accounts)
The official verb for accountants during closing period, or for anyone trying to make their budget fit until the next sahod. It's that stressful process of adjusting numbers here and there para lang 'mag-balance' ang spreadsheet. 'Bakit may P200 na sobra? Ah, i-magtama-tama na lang natin sa miscellaneous.'
ROOT MEANING: a hit; a strike; a correct guess
A reduplication of "tama" (correct/hit), implying a repeated action of trying to make things "correct".
🇵🇭 Kailangan kong magtama-tama ng mga resibo para sa aking expense report.
🇺🇸 I need to reconcile the receipts for my expense report.
🇵🇭 Sinusubukan nilang magtama-tama ng kuwenta para malaman kung saan napunta ang nawawalang pondo.
🇺🇸 They are trying to make the figures fit to find out where the missing funds went.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.