EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
let me touch; allow to be touched...
Indulgent...
Industrial...
Pang-uri
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/pa-SA-lat/
FIL: Isang pakiusap na pahintulutan kang hipuin o damhin ang isang bagay sa pamamagitan ng kamay.
EN: let me touch; allow to be touched
When you buy a new gadget and your friend asks, "Wow, bago! Pasalat naman!" It's the Pinoy way of saying "Let me feel the glorious newness of your item." Also what you say to someone checking if you have a fever: "Eto, pasalat ng noo ko."
ROOT MEANING: lacking; scarce; poor
Often used as a one-word request: "Pasalat!"
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🇵🇭 Ang ganda ng tela, pasalat nga.
🇺🇸 The fabric is beautiful, let me touch it.
🇵🇭 Ayaw niyang pasalat ang bago niyang cellphone.
🇺🇸 He doesn't want his new cellphone to be touched.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.