EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
hailed; stopped (a vehicle)...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/pu-ma-RA/
FIL: Ang pagsenyas o pagsabi sa isang tsuper ng pampublikong sasakyan na huminto upang makasakay o makababa.
EN: hailed; stopped (a vehicle)
The national sport of Filipino commuters. It's the art of waving your hand with just the right amount of desperation to make a jeepney or bus stop for you. 'Manong, para!' is a phrase every Pinoy has shouted at least once in their life.
From Spanish 'parar' (to stop).
ROOT MEANING: for, so that, in order to
Almost exclusively used for hailing public transportation like jeepneys, buses, and tricycles.
🇵🇭 Pumara ako ng dyip sa tapat ng palengke.
🇺🇸 I hailed a jeepney in front of the market.
🇵🇭 Huwag kang pumara sa gitna ng kalsada; delikado iyan.
🇺🇸 Don't stop (a vehicle) in the middle of the road; that's dangerous.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.