EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
placating, appeasing, consoling...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/nag-pa-pa-lu-bag-LO-ob/
FIL: Ang kilos ng pagpapakalma o pag-aalis ng galit, lungkot, o pag-aalala ng isang tao.
EN: placating, appeasing, consoling
This is what you do when your friend is having a major 'hugot' moment. You buy them milk tea, listen to their rants, and say "Everything will be okay." It's emotional damage control. It's about making someone's 'loob' (inner self) 'lubag' (subside, calm down).
From 'lubag' (subside) and 'loob' (inside, feeling).
A compound verb. The noun form 'palubag-loob' can mean 'a consolation prize' or 'a conciliatory gesture'.
🇵🇭 Nagpapalubag-loob ang ina sa kanyang umiiyak na anak.
🇺🇸 The mother is consoling her crying child.
🇵🇭 Sinubukan niyang magbigay ng regalo bilang paraan ng pagpapalubag-loob sa nagtatampong kasintahan.
🇺🇸 He tried to give a gift as a way of appeasing his sulking girlfriend.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.