EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to be able to melt; to be able to digest...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
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Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
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FIL: Magkaroon ng kakayahang maging likido mula sa pagiging solido dahil sa init; o ang kakayahan ng tiyan na durugin ang pagkain.
EN: to be able to melt; to be able to digest
Has two main uses. First, the literal: what the sun does to your ice cream. Second, the digestive: what your stomach is supposed to do after you eat at an unli-samgyup buffet. Also used figuratively for melting hearts: "Yung ngiti niya, nakakatunaw!" (His/Her smile is heart-melting!).
Context (food, heat, romance) determines the meaning.
🇵🇭 Kailangan mo ng matinding apoy para makatunaw ng bakal.
🇺🇸 You need intense fire to be able to melt steel.
🇵🇭 Kumain ako ng papaya para mas madali akong makatunaw ng kinain ko.
🇺🇸 I ate papaya so I could digest my food more easily.
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Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.