EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
is being fired at...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/pi-na-pu-pu-TU-kan/
FIL: Ang kilos ng pagpapatama ng bala mula sa baril o pagpapasabog ng paputok patungo sa isang direksyon, tao, o bagay.
EN: is being fired at
What happens on New Year's Eve when your neighbors go crazy with the kwitis and Judas' belt. Also, a very serious term used in news reports about armed encounters. Basically, something is going 'bang bang' towards something else.
From the root 'putok' (explosion, gunshot), with causative ('pa-') and locative ('-an') affixes, plus root duplication, indicating an action being directed at a target.
ROOT MEANING: explosion, blast, body odor
Can refer to gunfire, fireworks, or any explosive being directed at a target.
🇵🇭 Pinapuputukan ng mga pulis ang sasakyan ng mga tumatakas na kriminal.
🇺🇸 The police are firing at the vehicle of the escaping criminals.
🇵🇭 Huwag kang lumabas, pinapuputukan nila ang kalangitan para sa Bagong Taon.
🇺🇸 Don't go out, they are setting off fireworks at the sky for New Year's.
💬 JOIN THE COMMUNITY DISCUSSION
VOTE, COMMENT, AND HELP IMPROVE THIS DEFINITION
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.