EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to look up at; to be able to look up...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
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Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/ma-ti-nga-LA/
FIL: Ang pag-angat ng tingin o pagtingala sa isang bagay na nasa itaas.
EN: to look up at; to be able to look up
What you do when you see a celebrity in the mall, or when you're checking if the Jollibee mascot is waving at you. It's that upward gaze of awe, surprise, or just trying to see the top of a super tall building without getting dizzy.
The root 'tingala' means to look up. 'Matingala' is the potential form, 'to be able to look up' or 'to happen to look up.'
🇵🇭 Hindi ko matingala ang tuktok ng gusali dahil sa taas nito.
🇺🇸 I can't look up at the top of the building because of its height.
🇵🇭 Napilitan siyang matingala sa mga bituin upang hanapin ang konstelasyon.
🇺🇸 He was forced to look up at the stars to find the constellation.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.