EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
a small piece of paper; confetti...
beastly; animalistic; inhumane...
to be stained; to be smeared...
Pang-uri
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FIL: Isang napakaliit na piraso ng papel, o mga pinagputul-putol na papel na ginagamit sa pagdiriwang.
EN: a small piece of paper; confetti
If 'papel' is a whole sheet and 'papeleta' is a flyer, 'papelito' is the tiny bit you rip off to write a phone number, or the thousands of tiny bits that rain down on you at a New Year's Eve party. It's the diminutive, cute version of paper. Think confetti!
From Spanish 'papelito' (little paper).
ROOT MEANING: paper; role
The '-ito' suffix is a Spanish diminutive. In Filipino context, it is most commonly used to mean 'confetti'.
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🇵🇭 Nagkalat ang mga papelito sa sahig pagkatapos ng party.
🇺🇸 The confetti was scattered on the floor after the party.
🇵🇭 Isinulat niya ang numero sa isang maliit na papelito.
🇺🇸 She wrote the number on a small piece of paper.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.