EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to patrol...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/pu-ma-trol-YA/
FIL: Maglibot sa isang lugar upang magbantay, magmasid, at panatilihin ang kaayusan at seguridad.
EN: to patrol
What the barangay tanod does at 2 AM, armed with a flashlight and a 'batuta'. It's what the security guard at the mall does, walking the same route a hundred times a day. It’s the act of making 'ronda' to make sure everything is A-OK and no 'Marites' is causing trouble.
From Spanish 'patrulla' (patrol).
ROOT MEANING: patrol
A direct loanword adaptation into a verb using the '-um-' infix. 'Magpatrolya' is a more common conjugation.
🇵🇭 Gabi-gabi, pumapatrolya ang mga pulis sa aming lugar.
🇺🇸 Every night, the police patrol our area.
🇵🇭 Inutusan ang mga sundalo na pumatrolya sa hangganan.
🇺🇸 The soldiers were ordered to patrol the border.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.