EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to laugh at someone/something...
insignificance, lack of history...
dissatisfaction, discontentment...
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.
/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.
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🇵🇭 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.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.