EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
Broke / Penniless...
meddler; busybody (female)...
please get along with; please adapt to...
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.
/TEK-la/
FIL: Isang salitang balbal na nangangahulugang walang pera o naubusan ng pondo.
EN: Broke / Penniless
When your wallet is on a diet, or when petsa de peligro hits you hard. It's that feeling when you check your bank account after a 12.12 sale and it's crying. "Friend, kape tayo?" "Sorry, pass muna, tekla ako today."
From Beki Lingo (Filipino gay slang), its origin is speculative but widely understood. It is sometimes playfully associated with the comedian Super Tekla.
Highly informal and considered slang. Use with friends or in very casual settings.
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🇵🇭 Huwag muna tayong lumabas, tekla pa ako bago mag-sweldo.
🇺🇸 Let's not go out yet, I'm still broke before payday.
🇵🇭 Pa-Gcash muna, friend. Tekla na ang lola mo.
🇺🇸 Can you Gcash me first, friend? Your girl here is penniless.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.