EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
limping; feigning a limp...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
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/pa-pi-lay-PI-lay/
FIL: Pagkilos na tila o sadya na nahihirapang maglakad dahil sa kapansanan o sakit sa paa o binti; pag-ika-ika.
EN: limping; feigning a limp
This describes how you walk after a leg day at the gym when you can't feel your thighs. Or when a basketball player fakes an injury to get a foul call. "Nag-iinarte lang 'yan, papilay-pilay para mapansin." It's walking with a dramatic limp, whether real or for show.
From the root word 'pilay' (lame, crippled), with the prefix 'pa-' indicating causation or pretense, and reduplication indicating a continuous or feigned action.
ROOT MEANING: sprain; fracture; lameness
The reduplication implies a repetitive, sometimes exaggerated or feigned, limping motion.
🇵🇭 Umuwi siyang papilay-pilay matapos matapilok sa hagdan.
🇺🇸 He came home limping after stumbling on the stairs.
🇵🇭 Huwag kang maniwala diyan, papilay-pilay lang 'yan para makaiwas sa trabaho.
🇺🇸 Don't believe him, he's just pretending to limp to avoid work.
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Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.