EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to make someone speak...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/pag-sa-li-ta-IN/
FIL: Ang pag-udyok o pag-atas sa isang tao na magsalita o magpahayag ng kanyang saloobin.
EN: to make someone speak
Ito yung ginagawa ng teacher sa class-recitation sa tahimik mong kaklase. O kaya yung ginagawa ng chismosa mong tita sa family reunion para umamin ka kung may jowa ka na. 'Pilit siyang pinagsasalita ng mga pulis.' It's about compelling or giving someone the floor to talk.
The focus is on causing the action of speaking in another person.
🇵🇭 Sinubukan nilang pagsalitain ang testigo ngunit ayaw nitong magbigay ng pahayag.
🇺🇸 They tried to make the witness speak but he refused to give a statement.
🇵🇭 Hayaan mong pagsalitain ang bata tungkol sa nangyari.
🇺🇸 Let the child be made to speak about what happened.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.