EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
awesome, cool, amazing...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/PET-ma-lu/
FIL: Isang salitang balbal na nabuo mula sa pagbabaligtad ng mga pantig ng salitang "malupit," na nangangahulugang kahanga-hanga, napakahusay, o pambihira.
EN: awesome, cool, amazing
This is peak 2017 slang. When you reverse the syllables of "malupet" (fierce/awesome), you get petmalu. It's what you say when your friend aces an exam without studying, or when someone does an amazing "savage" comeback. "Lodi, petmalu ka talaga!"
Salitang balbal na binaligtad mula sa "malupit".
ROOT MEANING: cruel; awesome
Ito ay bahagi ng trend ng pagbabaligtad ng salita na naging popular noong mga huling bahagi ng 2010s, kasama ng "lodi" (idol) at "werpa" (power).
🇵🇭 Petmalu ang ginawa mong presentasyon kanina!
🇺🇸 Your presentation earlier was awesome!
🇵🇭 Nakita mo ba yung huling tira niya sa basketball? Petmalu!
🇺🇸 Did you see his last shot in the basketball game? Amazing!
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.