EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
electric charge, potency...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
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Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/TAB-lay/
FIL: Ang karga o lakas na elektrikal na taglay ng isang bagay; maaari ding tumukoy sa anting, bisa, o enerhiya ng isang bagay sa metaporikal na paraan.
EN: electric charge, potency
The 'juice' in your phone's battery. Before power banks, this was a more magical concept, like the 'bisa' of an anting-anting. Now, it's the reason for our collective anxiety when the battery icon turns red. The root word for 'tablayan' (to charge).
While it technically means 'charge', it's less commonly used in everyday speech than 'karga'. It has a slightly more technical or literary feel.
🇵🇭 Nauubos na ang tablay ng aking selpon.
🇺🇸 My cellphone's charge is running out.
🇵🇭 Tila may kakaibang tablay ang mga salita ng makata.
🇺🇸 The poet's words seem to have a unique potency.
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Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.