EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
repeatedly looking back...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/pa-LI-ngun-LI-ngon/
FIL: Ang paulit-ulit na pagbaling ng ulo upang tumingin sa likuran.
EN: repeatedly looking back
That dramatic "movie scene" moment when you're leaving someone and you keep looking back, hoping they'd run after you. It's the classic "don't look back in anger," but you do it anyway. Also, when you're walking home late at night and you think someone's following you.
Reduplication of 'lingon'.
Similar to 'palinga-linga' but specifically for looking *back*. Often implies nostalgia, regret, longing, or fear.
🇵🇭 Umalis siyang palingun-lingon, umaasang tatawagin mo siya.
🇺🇸 She left, repeatedly looking back, hoping you would call her.
🇵🇭 Huwag kang palingun-lingon sa nakaraan; harapin mo ang bukas.
🇺🇸 Don't keep looking back at the past; face the future.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.