EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
exorbitant profit; usurious interest...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
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/TU-bong ni-LU-gaw/
FIL: Isang napakalaki at hindi makatwirang tubo o kita mula sa isang transaksyon o pautang, na kadalasang itinuturing na mapagsamantala.
EN: exorbitant profit; usurious interest
This is when your 'pautang' business charges interest so high, it's basically daylight robbery. Imagine selling lugaw for ₱10 and someone resells it for ₱200—that's tubong-nilugaw. It's the kind of profit that makes you say 'grabe naman,' often associated with loan sharks or opportunistic resellers during a crisis.
Literal na 'tubo na parang lugaw', posibleng tumutukoy sa tubo na lumolobo at dumarami na parang nilulutong lugaw.
Isang kolokyal at napaka-ekspresibong termino.
🇵🇭 Huwag kang mangutang diyan, tubong-nilugaw ang patong nila!
🇺🇸 Don't borrow money there, they charge usurious interest!
🇵🇭 Ang pagbebenta ng face mask sa presyong tubong-nilugaw noong pandemya ay kinondena ng marami.
🇺🇸 Selling face masks at prices with exorbitant profit during the pandemic was condemned by many.
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Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.