EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
being bedridden; confinement to bed due to illness...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/pag-ka-ra-TAY sa BA-nig/
FIL: Ang kalagayan ng pagiging nakahiga na lamang sa higaan o banig dahil sa malubhang karamdaman o kapansanan.
EN: being bedridden; confinement to bed due to illness
The ultimate 'sick leave' but not the fun kind. This isn't just a simple flu. This is when you're so sick, you're literally one with your bed (or banig, for that classic provincial feel). It’s a serious state, often used to describe a long and severe illness. Ang pagkaratay sa banig ang dahilan kung bakit may pa-lugaw ang kapitbahay.
From 'pagka-' + 'ratay' (to be bedridden) + 'sa banig' (on the mat).
A common Filipino idiom to express severe illness.
🇵🇭 Ang matagal niyang pagkaratay sa banig ay nag-alala sa buong pamilya.
🇺🇸 His long confinement to bed worried the whole family.
🇵🇭 Dahil sa malubhang sakit, nauwi sa pagkaratay sa banig ang dating masiglang bata.
🇺🇸 Due to a severe illness, the once energetic child ended up bedridden.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.