EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
amazed, surprised, wondering...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/TA-ka/
FIL: Ang kalagayan ng pagiging namamangha, nagugulat, o nag-iisip dahil sa isang bagay na hindi inaasahan o hindi maunawaan.
EN: amazed, surprised, wondering
The feeling you get when your salary actually lasts until the next payday. Or when your Grab driver arrives in less than 2 minutes. It's the "hala, weh?" or "paano nangyari 'yun?" moment. Often used with a verb form like "nagtataka".
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taka 'to be surprised'.
Often used in its verb form "magtaka" (to wonder) or as a stative verb "nagtataka" (wondering).
🇵🇭 Taka siya kung bakit wala pa ang inorder niya online.
🇺🇸 She's wondering why her online order hasn't arrived yet.
🇵🇭 Nagtataka ako sa biglaang pagbabago ng ugali niya.
🇺🇸 I am surprised by the sudden change in his behavior.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.