EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to name; to give a title to; to dub...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
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Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/ta-gu-ri-AN/
FIL: Ang pagbibigay ng isang pangalan, titulo, o bansag sa isang tao, bagay, o lugar.
EN: to name; to give a title to; to dub
The act of christening someone or something with a special name. It's what your friends did when they started calling you 'Houdini' for always disappearing before it's your turn to pay. 'Let's dub this new officemate 'Silent Killer' because their work is so good but they never talk.'
Mula sa 'taguri' (bansag) at hulaping '-an'.
ROOT MEANING: nickname; title; appellation
Anyong pandiwa ng 'taguri'.
🇵🇭 Dahil sa kanyang bilis, tinagurian siyang 'Kidlat' ng kanyang mga kaibigan.
🇺🇸 Because of his speed, he was dubbed 'Lightning' by his friends.
🇵🇭 Sino ang naglakas-loob na tagurian siyang 'ang reyna ng drama'?
🇺🇸 Who had the nerve to name her 'the drama queen'?
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.