EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
squall; tempest; storm...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
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/SIG-wa/
FIL: Isang biglaan at malakas na bagyo, karaniwang may kasamang malakas na hangin at ulan.
EN: squall; tempest; storm
More dramatic than a simple 'bagyo.' This is the kind of storm that matches your internal emotional turmoil after a major fight with your S.O. It's nature's version of a dramatic entrance, often used in classic Filipino movies to signal something bad is about to happen.
Austronesian origin.
A more poetic and literary word for storm than the common 'bagyo'.
🇵🇭 Isang malakas na sigwa ang sumalanta sa aming bayan.
🇺🇸 A strong tempest ravaged our town.
🇵🇭 Sa gitna ng sigwa sa dagat, hindi sila nawalan ng pag-asa.
🇺🇸 In the middle of the storm at sea, they did not lose hope.
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Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.