EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to debate about (something)...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/pag-de-ba-TI-han/
FIL: Pagsalungatan o pagtalunan ang isang paksa sa isang pormal o impormal na paraan upang malaman ang iba't ibang panig o opinyon.
EN: to debate about (something)
What happens when you bring up politics, religion, or pineapple on pizza at a family gathering. It's the 'let's agree to disagree' but in a more structured (or sometimes, chaotic) way. The main event in Congress and on Twitter threads.
From `pag-` + `debate` + `-han` (object focus suffix). 'Debate' is from Spanish 'debate'.
ROOT MEANING: debate
This is an object-focus verb. The thing being debated is the object of the sentence.
🇵🇭 Ayaw kong pagdebatihan pa ang isyung iyan.
🇺🇸 I don't want to debate about that issue anymore.
🇵🇭 Mainit na pinagdebatihan sa senado ang bagong batas.
🇺🇸 The new law was heatedly debated in the senate.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.