EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to be able to return (something); to cause to retu...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/ma-pa-ba-LIK/
FIL: Ang magkaroon ng kakayahang isauli ang isang bagay; ang maging dahilan upang ang isang tao o bagay ay bumalik.
EN: to be able to return (something); to cause to return
When you lend money to a friend and you actually get it back. Wow, na-mapabalik mo! Also, the feeling when your ex wants to get back together. 'Sinusubukan niya akong mapabalik sa kanya.' Good luck with that.
From 'ma-' + 'pa-' + 'balik'.
ROOT MEANING: return, act of coming back
Can refer to returning a physical object, or causing a person/situation to revert to a previous state.
🇵🇭 Sa wakas, napabalik ko na rin ang librong hiniram ko sa library.
🇺🇸 Finally, I was able to return the book I borrowed from the library.
🇵🇭 Hindi na natin siya mapapabalik dahil masaya na siya sa iba.
🇺🇸 We can't make him return anymore because he's already happy with someone else.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.