EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to stay put, to become fixed or permanent...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/pu-MIR-me/
FIL: Ang pananatili sa isang lugar, posisyon, o estado nang hindi gumagalaw o nagbabago.
EN: to stay put, to become fixed or permanent
Like that one friend who crashes on your couch for a weekend and is still there two weeks later. Or that "temporary" Jollibee branch that's been there for 20 years. It's the act of settling in, sometimes for longer than planned. "Dito na 'ko pipirme." (I'm staying here for good.)
From Spanish 'firme' (firm, steady).
ROOT MEANING: always, constantly, permanently
Completed aspect (past tense). Present: `pumipirme`, Future: `pipirme`. Can mean literally staying in one place or settling down in life (e.g., in a job or location).
🇵🇭 Mula nang dumating siya galing probinsya, sa Maynila na siya pumirme.
🇺🇸 Ever since he arrived from the province, he has stayed put in Manila.
🇵🇭 Ayaw niyang pumirme sa isang trabaho lang.
🇺🇸 He doesn't want to settle in just one job.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.