EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to exclude; to ostracize...
to cause hesitation; to delay because of doubt...
to be indecisive about; to keep postponing...
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.
/pu-we-RA-hin/
FIL: Ituring na iba o hindi kabilang; ihiwalay o itakwil mula sa isang grupo.
EN: to exclude; to ostracize
This is the verb form of being left out. When your officemates go for a milk tea run and 'forget' to ask you, 'pinupuwera' ka nila. It's the high school drama of being intentionally excluded from the cool kids' table. The act of making someone feel 'fuera' or outside.
From Tagalog 'puwera' + '-hin' suffix.
ROOT MEANING: except, besides, aside from
Carries a negative connotation of deliberate exclusion or making someone an outcast.
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🇵🇭 Huwag nating puwerahin ang mga bagong kasamahan.
🇺🇸 Let's not exclude the new colleagues.
🇵🇭 Masakit maramdaman na pinuwera ka ng sarili mong mga kaibigan.
🇺🇸 It hurts to feel that you were ostracized by your own friends.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.