EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
To dress formally, to act formally...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/pu-mor-MAL/
FIL: Ang pag-aayos ng sarili sa pormal na paraan, sa pananamit man o sa kilos, para sa isang partikular na okasyon.
EN: To dress formally, to act formally
When your crush's parents invite you to dinner and you have to trade your usual pambahay shorts and t-shirt for something decent. You iron your shirt, comb your hair, and try not to say 'lods' or 'sana all'. That's 'pumormal'. It's leveling up your porma for a special occasion.
From the Tagalog word 'pormal', which is derived from the Spanish 'formal'.
ROOT MEANING: formal
A colloquial or slang term formed by treating the adjective 'pormal' (formal) as a verb root. Common in everyday conversation.
🇵🇭 Uy, pumormal ka yata ngayon, saan ang lakad mo?
🇺🇸 Hey, you seem to have dressed up formally today, where are you going?
🇵🇭 Kailangan nating pumormal para sa kasal bukas.
🇺🇸 We need to dress formally for the wedding tomorrow.
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Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.