EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to watch idly, to gaze from a distance...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/tu-MANG-hod/
FIL: Ang pagmamasid sa isang bagay o pangyayari mula sa malayo, karaniwan ay may pagkalungkot, pag-asam, o kawalan ng magawa.
EN: to watch idly, to gaze from a distance
That feeling when you're just staring out the window of a bus, watching the world go by while listening to sad music. Or when you see your crush with someone else, and all you can do is **tumanghod** from afar. It's a very cinematic kind of longing or helplessness.
Carries a strong connotation of passivity, longing, or melancholy. It's not just looking, but looking on without being able to participate.
🇵🇭 Mula sa bintana, malungkot siyang tumanghod sa papalayong barko.
🇺🇸 From the window, he sadly gazed at the departing ship.
🇵🇭 Walang nagawa ang mga bata kundi ang tumanghod habang kinukuha ang kanilang nasirang laruan.
🇺🇸 The children could do nothing but watch idly as their broken toy was being taken away.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.