EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to breastfeed; to bottle-feed...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
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/pa-de-DE-hin/
FIL: Bigyan ng gatas ang isang sanggol, mula man sa suso ng ina o sa pamamagitan ng bote.
EN: to breastfeed; to bottle-feed
A classic command for new parents, lolos, and lolas. "Umiiyak na yung bata, padedehin mo na!" It's the universal solution for a crying baby. It literally means 'to make [the baby] suckle from a breast/bottle'.
The root 'dede' is baby talk for breast or milk bottle.
ROOT MEANING: milk (baby talk); breast
A very common, colloquial term used in households. The formal term would be 'pasusuhin'.
🇵🇭 Kailangan ko nang padedehin ang sanggol dahil oras na ng kanyang gatas.
🇺🇸 I need to feed the baby now because it's time for his milk.
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Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.