EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
worked...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/nag-tra-BA-ho/
FIL: Ang pagsasagawa ng gawain o tungkulin, karaniwan para sa sahod o kabayaran, na naganap sa nakalipas na panahon. Ito ang anyong pangnakaraan ng pandiwang 'magtrabaho'.
EN: worked
The battle cry of every "alipin ng salapi." This is what you did to afford that 12.12 checkout. "Bakit ka puyat?" "Kasi nagtrabaho ako ng 12 hours." It's the reason you have dark circles under your eyes but also the reason you can afford milk tea. The ultimate past-tense verb for adulting.
Tagalog prefix 'nag-' + Spanish 'trabajo' (work).
ROOT MEANING: work, job, labor
The past tense of 'magtrabaho'. Extremely common.
🇵🇭 Nagtrabaho siya bilang BPO agent sa loob ng limang taon.
🇺🇸 He/She worked as a BPO agent for five years.
🇵🇭 Kahit may sakit, nagtrabaho pa rin si tatay para sa amin.
🇺🇸 Even though he was sick, father still worked for us.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.