EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to close one's eyes (involuntarily)...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/ma-PI-kit/
FIL: Ang hindi sinasadya o panandaliang pagpikit ng mga mata, kadalasan dahil sa antok, pagod, o pagka-silaw.
EN: to close one's eyes (involuntarily)
That mini-nap you take during a boring Zoom meeting, hoping no one notices. It's the 'ay, sorry, napapikit lang' moment when you're fighting sleep on your commute home. The opposite of 'mulat'.
From `ma-` + `pikit` (close eyes).
Implies a brief or involuntary action, as opposed to 'pumikit' which is more deliberate.
🇵🇭 Sa sobrang pagod, bigla na lang siyang mapikit habang nagbabasa.
🇺🇸 From extreme exhaustion, he would suddenly close his eyes while reading.
🇵🇭 Huwag kang mapikit habang nagmamaneho!
🇺🇸 Don't you close your eyes while driving!
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.