EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to relieve someone (from duty)...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/rel-ye-bu-HAN/
FIL: Palitan o halinhan ang isang tao sa kanyang tungkulin o gawain.
EN: to relieve someone (from duty)
The act of being that guardian angel. When you clock in and tell your exhausted co-worker, "Sige na, ako na bahala dito," you are about to relyebuhan them. It's an act of mercy in the corporate jungle.
From Spanish 'relieve' + Tagalog suffix '-han'.
ROOT MEANING: relief (in work); reliever
The object of the verb is the person being relieved.
🇵🇭 Kailangan mo nang relyebuhan ang guwardiya dahil tapos na ang kanyang turno.
🇺🇸 You need to relieve the guard because his shift is over.
🇵🇭 Relyebuhan mo muna ako, kakain lang ako sandali.
🇺🇸 Relieve me for a bit, I'm just going to eat quickly.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.