EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
act of going to the center; intervention...
mention, citation, reference...
nephew, niece...
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.
/pa-GIT-na/
FIL: Ang akto ng pagpunta sa gitna o sentro; ang kilos ng pamamagitan sa isang alitan o usapan.
EN: act of going to the center; intervention
This is what a referee does in a boxing match or what your Tita does when you and your cousin start arguing over the last piece of lechon. It's stepping into the middle of a situation, either to mediate or just to be the center of attention.
More commonly heard in its verb form "pumagitna" (to go to the middle, to mediate).
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🇵🇭 Ang pagitna ng guro ay huminto sa awayan ng dalawang estudyante.
🇺🇸 The teacher's intervention stopped the fight between the two students.
🇵🇭 Hindi naging madali ang kanyang pagitna sa gulo ng mag-asawa.
🇺🇸 His act of getting in the middle of the couple's mess was not easy.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.