EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
something that worsens or aggravates...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/pam-pa-lub-HA/
FIL: Anumang bagay, salik, o pangyayari na nagiging sanhi ng paglala o pagiging mas malubha ng isang sitwasyon, kalagayan, o karamdaman.
EN: something that worsens or aggravates
The complete opposite of a solution. This is when you try to 'fix' something but only make it worse. Pouring water on a grease fire, telling someone to 'calm down' when they're angry, or adding more utang to pay for existing utang. It's the 'panggatong sa apoy'—the fuel to the fire.
From `pan-` + `pa-` + `lubha` (severe, grave).
ROOT MEANING: severely; greatly; very
The antonym of `pampabuti` (something that improves).
🇵🇭 Ang pagpupuyat ay pampalubha ng sakit.
🇺🇸 Staying up late worsens an illness.
🇵🇭 Huwag ka nang magsalita, pampalubha lang 'yan ng sitwasyon.
🇺🇸 Don't talk anymore, that will only aggravate the situation.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.