EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
grumpy, ill-tempered; inclement (weather)...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/ma-su-NGIT/
FIL: Naglalarawan sa isang tao na madaling magalit, mainitin ang ulo, o hindi palangiti. Ginagamit din ito upang ilarawan ang masamang panahon.
EN: grumpy, ill-tempered; inclement (weather)
Two main flavors: 1) Your boss before their morning coffee. That tita who always asks when you're getting married. Moody, irritable, and generally unapproachable. 2) The weather when it can't decide if it wants to be sunny or a super typhoon. Basically, 'bad trip' in person or weather form.
ma- (adjective-forming prefix) + sungit (grumpiness)
ROOT MEANING: grumpiness, crankiness
A very common word used for both people's moods and the weather.
🇵🇭 Huwag mong kausapin si Ma'am, masungit siya ngayon.
🇺🇸 Don't talk to Ma'am, she's grumpy today.
🇵🇭 Masungit ang panahon kaya't ipinagpaliban ang biyahe.
🇺🇸 The weather is inclement, so the trip was postponed.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.