EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
pest, plague, annoyance...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/PES-te/
FIL: Anumang mapanirang insekto o hayop na umaatake sa mga pananim, hayop, o tao; isang malawakang nakakahawang sakit; isang salitang bulalas na nagpapahayag ng pagkayamot.
EN: pest, plague, annoyance
Can mean three things: 1) The actual pests like ipis and daga you want to obliterate with Baygon. 2) A historical plague, like the Black Death. 3) The most common use: A mild curse you shout when you stub your toe, your wifi dies during a Zoom call, or your crush leaves you on 'seen'. 'Peste!' is the cleaner cousin of P.I.
From Spanish 'peste'.
Very versatile. Its meaning is highly dependent on context, from literal agricultural pests to a common, mild expletive.
🇵🇭 Peste! Naiwan ko ang wallet ko sa bahay!
🇺🇸 Darn it! I left my wallet at home!
🇵🇭 Maraming peste ang sumisira sa mga palayan.
🇺🇸 Many pests are destroying the rice fields.
🇵🇭 Ang Itim na Peste ay kumitil ng milyun-milyong buhay sa Europa.
🇺🇸 The Black Plague claimed millions of lives in Europe.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.