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Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.
/pe-NO-me-no/
FIL: Isang katotohanan, pangyayari, o bagay na maoobserbahan, lalo na kung ito ay pambihira o mahirap ipaliwanag.
EN: phenomenon
That thing that happens that makes everyone go 'Woah!' and pull out their phones to record it. It could be a supermoon, the rise of an AlDub-level love team, or the fact that your internet is suddenly fast. It's something remarkable, unusual, or just plain weird that gets everyone talking. A 'viral' event before 'viral' was a word.
From Spanish 'fenómeno' (phenomenon).
The 'f' in the original Spanish 'fenómeno' is changed to 'p', which is common in older Tagalog borrowings. The modern, more direct borrowing 'phenomenon' is also used in educated circles.
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🇵🇭 Ang Aldub ay isang malaking penomeno sa social media noong 2015.
🇺🇸 Aldub was a huge social media phenomenon in 2015.
🇵🇭 Pinag-aaralan ng mga siyentista ang kakaibang penomeno sa kalangitan.
🇺🇸 Scientists are studying the strange phenomenon in the sky.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.