EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
flare-up; sudden intensity; blaze...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
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/si-GID/
FIL: Ang biglaang paglakas o pag-alab ng apoy; biglaang pagtindi ng isang damdamin o pangyayari.
EN: flare-up; sudden intensity; blaze
Imagine the flame on your gas stove when you suddenly turn the knob to max. That's sigid. It's also that sudden flare-up of anger when someone cuts you in line at the MRT, or the intense kilig when your crush finally messages you. It's a sudden burst of something.
Proto-Philippine origin.
Can be used for both literal fire and metaphorical intensity of emotions or situations. It is not a very common word in daily conversation.
🇵🇭 Nagulat kami sa biglang sigid ng apoy mula sa kalan.
🇺🇸 We were surprised by the sudden flare-up of the fire from the stove.
🇵🇭 Naramdaman niya ang sigid ng galit nang marinig ang balita.
🇺🇸 He felt the intensity of anger upon hearing the news.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.