EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
mock priest; someone pretending to be a priest...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/pa-ri-pa-RI-an/
FIL: Isang tao na nagpapanggap o gumagaya sa isang pari, o isang laro kung saan ang isang bata ay gumaganap bilang pari.
EN: mock priest; someone pretending to be a priest
This is what kids play during Flores de Mayo season, using a blanket as a cassock and a biscuit as the host. It can also refer to someone acting all high and mighty and preachy, but isn't the real deal. "Ay, 'wag kang mag **pari-parian** diyan, hindi ka naman banal."
Pag-uulit ng salitang "pari" na may hulaping "-an", na nagpapahiwatig ng laro, lugar, o panggagaya.
ROOT MEANING: priest
Ang hulaping "-an" dito ay nangangahulugang laro o imitasyon, katulad ng "bahay-bahayan" (playing house).
🇵🇭 Mahilig maglaro ng pari-parian ang mga bata tuwing Mayo.
🇺🇸 The children love to play mock priest every May.
🇵🇭 Itigil mo 'yang pari-parian mo, hindi ka nakakatuwa.
🇺🇸 Stop your pretending-to-be-a-priest act, you're not funny.
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Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.