EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to laugh at someone/something...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/ta-WA-nan/
FIL: Ang pagbigay ng tawa na nakatuon sa isang tao, bagay, o sitwasyon, na maaaring mangahulugan ng tuwa o pangungutya.
EN: to laugh at someone/something
This can be wholesome, like when your friend tells a good joke and you laugh *with* them. Or it can be the mean kind, like when you laugh *at* someone. "Huwag mo akong tawanan!" ("Don't laugh at me!"). Context is everything.
From "tawa" + "-an" suffix, object-focused verb form.
ROOT MEANING: laughter, laugh
The focus is on the person or thing being laughed at.
🇵🇭 Pinagagalitan siya ng nanay niya pero palihim lang siyang tinawanan ng kanyang kapatid.
🇺🇸 His mother was scolding him but his sibling secretly laughed at him.
🇵🇭 Tawanan mo naman ang mga biro ko para hindi ako mapahiya.
🇺🇸 Please laugh at my jokes so I won't be embarrassed.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.