EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
please step on; let someone step on...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
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/pa-ta-PAK/
FIL: Isang pakiusap o utos na tapakan o yurakan ang isang bagay.
EN: please step on; let someone step on
The weird request you make to someone with clean shoes when there's a cockroach. "Paki-patapak nga nitong ipis!" It's the causative command form of 'to step on'. Can also be used figuratively, like asking someone to 'crush' your enemies, but usually, it's about a bug.
From `pa-` (causative prefix) + `tapak` (to step on).
ROOT MEANING: to step on; to tread
Usually used with 'paki-' for politeness (`pakipatapak`). It's asking someone else to do the stepping.
🇵🇭 Patapak mo nga itong lata para lumiit.
🇺🇸 Please step on this can to flatten it.
🇵🇭 Huwag kang patapak ng halaman sa hardin.
🇺🇸 Don't let anyone step on the plants in the garden.
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Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.