EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to try, to test, to prove...
To attack (en masse); to raid...
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/pur-BA-han/
FIL: Subukan ang isang bagay upang malaman ang kalidad, bisa, o katotohanan nito. Patunayan.
EN: to try, to test, to prove
The 'sana all' of testing things. Before you 'add to cart', you might want to 'purbahan' it first. It's like taking a free sample at the grocery, or test-driving a car, or even that first "I love you" to see how they react. It's the act of gathering evidence.
From Spanish 'probar' (to try, to test, to prove).
A colloquial alternative to 'subukan' or 'patunayan'.
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🇵🇭 Purbahan mo itong bagong luto ko.
🇺🇸 Try this new dish I cooked.
🇵🇭 Kailangan nating purbahan kung gumagana pa ang lumang radyo.
🇺🇸 We need to test if the old radio still works.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.