EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to lead someone on; to give someone false hope...
to validate; to enforce...
to give way; to make way...
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.
/pa-a-sa-HIN/
FIL: Ang kilos ng sadyang pagbibigay ng pag-asa sa isang tao nang walang balak na tuparin ang ipinapahiwatig o ipinapangako.
EN: to lead someone on; to give someone false hope
The verb form of being a relationship villain. This is what a `paasa` does. It's the act of sending those "good morning" texts, giving compliments, and making future plans (like "let's go out sometime") with zero intention of following through. It's emotional clickbait. If you do this, there's a special place in hell for you, right next to people who talk in the cinema.
From pa- (causative prefix) + asa (hope) + -in (object-focus suffix).
ROOT MEANING: hope
This is the action performed by a "paasa". The person being led on is the one being "pinaasa".
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🇵🇭 Tigilan mo na ang paasahin siya kung wala ka namang gusto sa kanya.
🇺🇸 Stop leading her on if you don't even like her.
🇵🇭 Bakit mo ako pinaasa nang ganito katagal?
🇺🇸 Why did you give me false hope for so long?
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.