EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
recurring, back and forth...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/pa-ba-LIK-ba-lik/
FIL: Ang kilos o pangyayari na paulit-ulit na nagaganap o bumabalik sa pinagmulan.
EN: recurring, back and forth
'Yung ex mong pabalik-balik sa buhay mo. Akala mo okay na, biglang magpaparamdam ulit. Parang traffic sa EDSA, you keep going back and forth but never really moving forward. Also, the feeling you get when you forgot your wallet and you're already at the mall entrance.
From `pa-` (causative/directional) + reduplication of `balik` (return).
ROOT MEANING: return, act of coming back
Describes a repetitive action of coming and going.
🇵🇭 Pabalik-balik siya sa kusina para tingnan kung luto na ang sinaing.
🇺🇸 He kept going back and forth to the kitchen to check if the rice was cooked.
🇵🇭 Nakakahilo ang pabalik-balik na biyahe sa barko.
🇺🇸 The back and forth boat trip is dizzying.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.