EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
Please wait; Let someone wait...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/pa-hin-TAY/
FIL: Isang pakiusap na maghintay; o ang akto ng pagpapahintay sa isang tao.
EN: Please wait; Let someone wait
What your friend texts you when you're already at the meeting place and they just woke up. 'Pahintay' means 'wait,' but in Filipino time, it could mean anything from 5 minutes to 5 business days. It's a polite request for patience, even when you've lost all of it.
From `pa-` + `hintay` (wait).
Commonly used as a shortened, polite command or request.
🇵🇭 Pahintay sandali, may tinatapos lang ako.
🇺🇸 Please wait a moment, I'm just finishing something.
🇵🇭 Sabi niya pahintay, pero isang oras na akong nandito.
🇺🇸 He said to wait, but I've been here for an hour.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.