EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
Trinkets; knick-knacks; trifles....
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
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FIL: Mga maliliit at mumurahing bagay na walang gaanong halaga o gamit; mga palamuti o abubot.
EN: Trinkets; knick-knacks; trifles.
This is the official term for all the cute but 'wala namang silbi' stuff you buy from Divisoria, a tiangge, or Miniso. Think tiny figurines, colorful pens you'll never use, and other small items that just 'spark joy' for a moment. It's the physical form of an impulse buy. Basically, a more formal-sounding 'abubot'.
From Spanish 'chuchería' (trinket, trifle), pluralized. This is the direct source word for 'tsitsirya' as well, but this form retains the 'trinket' meaning while 'tsitsirya' shifted to 'snack food'.
'Tsitsirya' (for snacks) and 'tsutserias' (for trinkets) both come from the same Spanish root 'chuchería', but have diverged in meaning in Tagalog.
🇵🇭 Puno ng kung anu-anong tsutserias ang kanyang kwarto.
🇺🇸 Her room is full of various trinkets.
🇵🇭 Mahilig siyang mangolekta ng mga tsutserias mula sa kanyang mga paglalakbay.
🇺🇸 She loves to collect knick-knacks from her travels.
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