EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
Upside down; inverted...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/ti-wa-RIK/
FIL: Nasa baligtad na posisyon; kung saan ang itaas na bahagi ay nasa ibaba at ang ibabang bahagi ay nasa itaas.
EN: Upside down; inverted
When your world goes 'tiwarik', everything's gone crazy. It's like finding out your favorite milk tea shop uses powdered juice, or when your Grab driver goes in the complete opposite direction. Literally, it’s what happens when a jeepney flips over, but figuratively, it's the state of your life during Mercury retrograde.
Can be used literally for physical orientation or figuratively to mean a situation has gone completely wrong or opposite of what's expected.
🇵🇭 Naaksidente ang bus kaya ito'y tiwarik sa gitna ng kalsada.
🇺🇸 The bus got into an accident, so it was upside down in the middle of the road.
🇵🇭 Naging tiwarik ang mundo niya nang malaman niyang hindi siya mahal ng kanyang minamahal.
🇺🇸 His world turned upside down when he found out the one he loves doesn't love him back.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.