EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to get stuck in traffic...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/ma-TRA-pik/
FIL: Ang maranasan na maipit o mabalam sa daloy ng mga sasakyan sa daan.
EN: to get stuck in traffic
The national pastime of every Filipino commuter. It's that moment when Waze says your ETA is 15 minutes, but your soul knows it's an hour. You've been 'na-traffic' if you've aged three years just trying to get across EDSA. This is a verb of suffering.
Taglish, from the Filipino verb-forming prefix 'ma-' and the English word 'traffic'.
A very common Taglish verb used in everyday conversation. The past tense is 'na-traffic'.
🇵🇭 Huwag kang dumaan sa C5 kung ayaw mong matraffic.
🇺🇸 Don't take the C5 route if you don't want to get stuck in traffic.
🇵🇭 Natraffic ako nang dalawang oras kaninang umaga.
🇺🇸 I got stuck in traffic for two hours this morning.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.