EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
Prison, jail...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/pi-I-tan/
FIL: Isang lugar kung saan ikinukulong ang mga taong nagkasala sa batas o mga bilanggo.
EN: Prison, jail
The physical place where you end up if you get caught doing something you shouldn't. Think Bilibid or your local city jail. It's the place where the 'piit' people go.
From the root word 'piit' (confined) + '-an' suffix (denoting a place).
Synonymous with 'bilangguan' and 'kulungan'.
🇵🇭 Dinala ang mga nahuling kriminal sa piitan.
🇺🇸 The captured criminals were brought to the prison.
🇵🇭 Ang buhay sa loob ng piitan ay napakahirap.
🇺🇸 Life inside the jail is very difficult.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.