EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
Hearsay, rumor, gossip...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/SA-bi-SA-bi/
FIL: Mga balitang kumakalat na hindi tiyak ang katotohanan at karaniwang nagmumula sa usap-usapan ng mga tao.
EN: Hearsay, rumor, gossip
The official currency of every Marites and Mosang in the neighborhood. It's the 'tea' that gets spilled, the 'chika' that gets passed around, the 'according to my source' that has no actual source. Sabi-sabi is the reason your tita thinks you're getting married just because you posted a picture with a friend.
Reduplication of 'sabi' (to say).
ROOT MEANING: statement; saying; what was said
Almost always carries a negative or unreliable connotation.
🇵🇭 Huwag kang maniniwala sa mga sabi-sabi, alamin mo muna ang totoo.
🇺🇸 Don't believe in rumors, find out the truth first.
🇵🇭 Sabi-sabi lang daw na magkakaroon ng bonus.
🇺🇸 They say it's just hearsay that there will be a bonus.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.