EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
vague; indistinct; blurry...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/ma-la-BOY/
FIL: Hindi malinaw, tiyak, o maliwanag; tila may pagka-ulap o pagkalabo sa anyo o kahulugan.
EN: vague; indistinct; blurry
Yung sagot ng ex mo nung tinanong mo kung 'what are we?'. 'Di malinaw, 'di sigurado. Parang picture na kuha sa low-end na Android phone nung 2010—pixelated at blurry. Ganyan ang **malaboy**. It's that feeling of uncertainty, when things are as clear as mud.
From 'laboy,' which can mean to wander or to be turbid/muddy. The prefix 'ma-' turns it into an adjective describing this state.
Often used to describe ideas, explanations, or visual things that lack clarity.
🇵🇭 Malaboy ang kanyang paliwanag kaya walang naniwala sa kanya.
🇺🇸 His explanation was vague, so no one believed him.
🇵🇭 Dahil sa kapal ng hamog, malaboy ang tanawin sa daan.
🇺🇸 Because of the thick fog, the view on the road was blurry.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.