EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to spy on someone...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
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Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/tik-ti-KAN/
FIL: Ang pagmamanman o pag-espiya sa isang tao o grupo upang makakuha ng lihim na impormasyon.
EN: to spy on someone
This is the verb 'to spy on someone'. 'Tiktikan mo nga kung ano pinag-uusapan nila.' (Go spy on what they're talking about.) It can also be a noun for the act itself, 'Nagkaroon ng tiktikan sa pagitan ng dalawang ahensya.' (There was espionage between the two agencies). This is what you and your work bestie do to figure out the office chismis.
ROOT MEANING: spy; detective
As a verb, it is object-focus ('tiktikan ang target'). The noun form 'tiktikan' ('espionage') refers to the mutual or general act of spying.
🇵🇭 Inutusan siyang tiktikan ang bawat galaw ng suspek.
🇺🇸 He was ordered to spy on the suspect's every move.
🇵🇭 Mahigpit ang tiktikan sa pulitika kapag malapit na ang eleksyon.
🇺🇸 The espionage in politics is intense when the election is near.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.