EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
novel...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/no-BE-la/
FIL: Isang mahabang salaysay na pampanitikan na nahahati sa mga kabanata, karaniwang naglalarawan ng mga tauhan at mga pangyayari sa isang masalimuot na banghay.
EN: novel
Officially, it's a novel, like Rizal's Noli Me Tángere. Unofficially, it's what you call your friend's super long, dramatic text message about their love life. 'Teh, **nobela** na naman 'yang chat mo!' It's any story, real or imagined, that's long enough to require a coffee break in the middle.
From Spanish 'novela'.
Can be used literally for a book or figuratively for a long, drawn-out story, explanation, or even a text message.
🇵🇭 Ang *Noli Me Tángere* ay isang mahalagang nobela sa kasaysayan ng Pilipinas.
🇺🇸 *Noli Me Tángere* is an important novel in Philippine history.
🇵🇭 Tinanong ko lang kung kumusta siya, pero nobela ang isinagot niya sa text.
🇺🇸 I just asked how she was, but she sent a novel as a reply via text.
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