EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
pretending to be holy...
cucumber...
money...
Pang-uri
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FIL: Ang pagkilos na nagpapakita ng labis o huwad na kabanalan; pagpapanggap na mas relihiyoso o moral kaysa sa tunay na katangian.
EN: pretending to be holy
The act of being "holier-than-thou". 'Yung kakilala mong laging may quote galing sa bible sa Facebook post pero number one chismosa sa inuman. Sila 'yung nagbabanal-banalan. They post "God bless" on a post that's throwing shade at someone else. It's the performance of piety, not the real thing.
From root 'banal' (holy) with reduplication and suffix '-an' to denote pretense or imitation.
ROOT MEANING: holy, sacred, pious
Carries a negative connotation of hypocrisy. The structure (reduplication of the root + -an) is a common way in Tagalog to mean "to pretend to be X".
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🇵🇭 Huwag kang maniwala diyan, nagbabanal-banalan lang iyan para makuha ang tiwala ng mga tao.
🇺🇸 Don't believe them, they're just pretending to be holy to get people's trust.
🇵🇭 Mahirap makisama sa taong nagbabanal-banalan at laging hinuhusgahan ang iba.
🇺🇸 It's hard to get along with a person who is sanctimonious and always judges others.
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Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.