EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
talkative; gossipy...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/ma-ka-TI ang DI-la/
FIL: Isang idyomatikong pahayag para sa isang taong madaldal, mahilig magsiwalat ng sikreto, o hindi mapigilang magsalita tungkol sa ibang tao.
EN: talkative; gossipy
This is the official diagnosis for your neighborhood Marites. Someone who literally can't keep a secret. The moment you tell them "secret lang natin 'to ha," you've basically broadcasted it to the entire barangay. Their tongue is "itchy" to spill the tea. "Huwag kang magkwento diyan, makati ang dila niyan, bukas alam na ng lahat 'yan."
From makati (itchy) + ang (the) + dila (tongue). A literal "itchy tongue."
A very common idiom to describe a gossipmonger.
🇵🇭 Kilala siya sa opisina bilang taong makati ang dila.
🇺🇸 She is known in the office as someone who is gossipy.
🇵🇭 Pinagsabihan ko siyang huwag ipagkalat ang sikreto, pero makati ang dila niya talaga.
🇺🇸 I told him not to spread the secret, but he's just really talkative (can't keep a secret).
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Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.