EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to make shiny; to polish...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/pa-ki-NA-ngin/
FIL: Gawing makintab o maningning ang isang bagay sa pamamagitan ng pagpahid o pagkuskos.
EN: to make shiny; to polish
This is what you do to your shoes before a job interview, the silverware before Noche Buena, or your car before a date. It's the act of buffing something until it reflects your own proud, smiling face. It's the verb form of "✨sparkle✨".
From pa- + kinang + -in. 'Kinang' means 'shine' or 'luster'.
A very specific verb for making something lustrous.
🇵🇭 Tulungan mo akong pakinangin ang sahig na kahoy.
🇺🇸 Help me polish the wooden floor.
🇵🇭 Kanyang pinakinang ang mga tropeo na napanalunan niya.
🇺🇸 He shined the trophies that he had won.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.