EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
getting dressed; is changing clothes...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/nag-bi-bi-HIS/
FIL: Ang kasalukuyang kilos ng pagpapalit o pagsusuot ng damit.
EN: getting dressed; is changing clothes
The '-ing' of getting dressed. That sacred 15 minutes (or 1 hour) you spend in front of the closet trying on 5 different outfits. When someone knocks and you shout, '**Nagbibihis** lang ako!', it's the universal code for 'Give me a minute, I'm in the middle of a fashion crisis.'
nag- + bi- (repetition of first syllable for present tense) + bihis (dress/clothes)
ROOT MEANING: dressed; clothed
Incomplete/Progressive aspect (present tense) of 'magbihis'.
🇵🇭 Teka lang, nagbibihis pa ang kapatid ko.
🇺🇸 Wait a moment, my sibling is still getting dressed.
🇵🇭 Mabilis siyang nagbibihis para hindi mahuli sa trabaho.
🇺🇸 She is getting dressed quickly so she won't be late for work.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.