EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to make (someone) be honest; to straighten out...
tired, exhausted (slang)...
pagoda...
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/pa-ta-pa-TIN/
FIL: Hilingin o pilitin ang isang tao na magsabi ng totoo o maging tapat.
EN: to make (someone) be honest; to straighten out
The goal of every interrogation scene, whether it's in a police station or just your mom asking where you were last night. "Patapatin mo nga 'yang kaibigan mo, sino ba talaga ang may kasalanan?" It's the act of getting someone to stop lying and just spill the tea. To make them go straight.
From `pa-` (causative prefix) + `tapat` (honest/straight) + `-in` (object-focus verbal suffix).
ROOT MEANING: loyal; faithful; honest; sincere
The root 'tapat' can mean 'honest' or 'straight/directly across'. So `patapatin` can also mean 'to align something' or 'to make something face something directly', but the 'make honest' meaning is more common in social contexts.
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🇵🇭 Sinubukan ng detektib na patapatin ang suspek.
🇺🇸 The detective tried to make the suspect be honest.
🇵🇭 Mahirap patapatin ang isang taong sanay magsinungaling.
🇺🇸 It's hard to make a person be honest if they are used to lying.
🇵🇭 Kailangan mong patapatin ang mga mesa sa isa't isa.
🇺🇸 You need to make the tables align with each other.
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Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.