EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
please wash (this); to ask someone to wash...
to investigate, to examine...
to apply eyeshadow...
Pang-uri
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/pa-HU-gas/
FIL: Isang pakiusap na linisin ang isang bagay, karaniwan ay mga plato o kamay, gamit ang tubig.
EN: please wash (this); to ask someone to wash
The magic word used by the eldest child (the 'panganay') to the younger sibling ('bunso') after dinner. 'Bunso, pahugas naman ng plato.' It’s a request that carries the weight of a command, a cornerstone of Filipino sibling dynamics.
ROOT MEANING: wash; act of washing
A very common household request. Often used with 'naman' to soften the request (pahugas naman).
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🇵🇭 Ate, pahugas naman nitong mga baso.
🇺🇸 Big sister, can you please wash these glasses?
🇵🇭 Pagkatapos kumain, sinabihan niya ang kapatid, 'Pahugas ka na ng kamay.'
🇺🇸 After eating, she told her sibling, 'Go wash your hands now.'
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.