EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
riddle, puzzle, enigma...
for school; academic...
something that is mentally taxing (colloquial); so...
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FIL: Isang suliranin, tanong, o bagay na mahirap unawain, ipaliwanag, o lutasin, na nangangailangan ng masusing pag-iisip.
EN: riddle, puzzle, enigma
This is the official term for 'Which came first, the chicken or the egg?'. It's a riddle, a puzzle, or even your crush's mixed signals. Basically, anything that makes your brain short-circuit trying to figure it out. 'Why did they like your story but not reply to your chat?' — that is a huge **palaisipan**.
ROOT MEANING: mind, thought, intellect
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🇵🇭 Naging isang malaking palaisipan sa mga pulis ang misteryosong pagkawala ng ebidensya.
🇺🇸 The mysterious disappearance of the evidence became a huge puzzle for the police.
🇵🇭 Mahilig siyang sumagot sa mga palaisipan sa dyaryo.
🇺🇸 He likes to answer the puzzles in the newspaper.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.