EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
cloying, sickeningly sweet...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/na-ka-tu-tu-YA/
FIL: Labis na nakasasawa o nakauumay, lalo na sa panlasa dahil sa sobrang tamis o sa isang kilos na labis na sentimental.
EN: cloying, sickeningly sweet
'Yung feeling after mo kumain ng isang buong box ng yema cake. Or 'yung ka-opisina mong sobrang OA mag-display ng affection sa jowa niya sa phone. Nakatutuya is when something is so excessively sweet or cheesy that it becomes unpleasant. It's the 'umay' factor cranked up to 100.
Primarily used for taste (sickeningly sweet) but also figuratively for overly sentimental or cheesy behavior. Can be confused with 'mapanuya' which means 'sarcastic' or 'mocking'.
🇵🇭 Naging nakatutuya ang lasa ng keyk dahil sa sobrang tamis.
🇺🇸 The taste of the cake became cloying because it was too sweet.
🇵🇭 Para sa iba, nakatutuya ang sobrang paglalambingan ng magkasintahan sa publiko.
🇺🇸 For some, a couple's excessive display of affection in public is sickeningly sweet.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.