EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
Very vivid, extremely bright (color)...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
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/na-pa-ka-TING-kad/
FIL: Lubhang matingkad; may kulay na kitang-kita o maliwanag na totoo.
EN: Very vivid, extremely bright (color)
That neon green shirt that hurts your eyes. The color of the sunset at Manila Bay on a good day. The lipstick shade that screams "I have arrived!" It's a color so loud you can almost hear it. That's **napakatingkad**.
From the intensifier prefix "napaka-" and the root word "tingkad" (vividness of color).
Almost exclusively used to describe the intensity or brightness of colors.
🇵🇭 Napakatingkad ng pagkapula ng damit niya.
🇺🇸 The red of her dress is so vivid.
🇵🇭 Gumamit siya ng napakatingkad na kulay para sa kanyang obra maestra.
🇺🇸 He used extremely bright colors for his masterpiece.
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Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.