EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
meddlesome; interfering...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
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FIL: Tumutukoy sa isang tao na mahilig makisali o manghimasok sa usapan o gawain ng iba.
EN: meddlesome; interfering
This is the official term for a "Marites." Someone who's mapakialam is always all up in your business, asking questions they have no right to ask, and giving opinions no one asked for. "Bakit hindi ka pa nag-aasawa?" is a classic mapakialam question from a tita.
ROOT MEANING: concern; meddling
Almost always has a negative connotation.
🇵🇭 Huwag kang maging mapakialam sa buhay ng may buhay.
🇺🇸 Don't be meddlesome in other people's lives.
🇵🇭 Kilala siya sa opisina bilang isang mapakialam na kasamahan.
🇺🇸 She is known in the office as an interfering colleague.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.