EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
is being lifted; is being elevated...
to live luxuriously; to display ostentation...
to rein in; to control...
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.
/na-pa-pa-a-NGAT/
FIL: Unti-unting tumataas o umaangat ang posisyon o kalagayan, minsan ay hindi sinasadya o dahil sa tulong ng iba.
EN: is being lifted; is being elevated
When your meme gets a lot of shares and you suddenly gain followers, your social status is **napapaangat**. Or when you're in a crowded elevator and you're slowly being lifted off your feet by the sheer number of people. It's that passive, ongoing 'level up'.
From na- + pa- (causative/reflexive) + pa- (reduplication for progressive aspect) + angat (lift).
ROOT MEANING: to lift; to raise
Implies a gradual, often involuntary or externally-caused, ongoing process of being raised or elevated, either literally or figuratively (in status, mood, etc.).
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🇵🇭 Dahil sa kanyang kasipagan, napapaangat ang kanyang pamilya mula sa kahirapan.
🇺🇸 Because of his diligence, his family is being lifted from poverty.
🇵🇭 Kapag nakakarinig ako ng magandang musika, napapaangat ang aking kalooban.
🇺🇸 When I hear good music, my spirits are lifted.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.