EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to fill a lack or deficiency; to compensate for...
sis; girl...
sis; girl (emphatic)...
Pang-uri
Hindi nagbabago, hindi kumukupas, o hindi natatapos; walang hanggan.
/pag-pu-NU-an/
FIL: Punan o kumpletuhin ang isang bagay na may kakulangan o pagkukulang.
EN: to fill a lack or deficiency; to compensate for
This is what you try to do when your friend who promised to bring the ice for the party flakes. You have to "pagpunuan" their absence by running to the nearest 7-Eleven. It’s about filling a gap, whether it’s a missing ingredient in your sinigang or a missing person in your team project.
ROOT MEANING: tree
Often used in the context of compensating for a shortcoming or absence.
🇵🇭 Sinusubukan niyang pagpunuan ang pagkukulang ng kanyang mga magulang.
🇺🇸 He is trying to compensate for the shortcomings of his parents.
🇵🇭 Tayo na ang pagpunuan sa mga gawaing hindi natapos ni Ana.
🇺🇸 Let's be the ones to fill in for the tasks that Ana didn't finish.
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Pang-uri
Hindi nagbabago, hindi kumukupas, o hindi natatapos; walang hanggan.