EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to cross over (a bridge); to mediate...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/tu-mu-LAY/
FIL: Ang pagtawid o pagdaan sa ibabaw ng isang tulay. Sa matalinghagang kahulugan, ito ay ang pagiging tagapamagitan sa dalawang tao o grupo.
EN: to cross over (a bridge); to mediate
Literally, it's what you do on the EDSA-Ortigas footbridge. Figuratively, it’s when you become the "bridge" between your two friends who had a fight. "Ako na lang ang tumulay para magkausap sila." You act as the go-between or mediator.
ROOT MEANING: bridge
Can be used for physically crossing a bridge or for figuratively bridging a gap between people or ideas.
🇵🇭 Ingat kang tumulay sa hanging bridge.
🇺🇸 Be careful when you cross over the hanging bridge.
🇵🇭 Ang HR department ang tumulay sa pagitan ng management at ng mga empleyado.
🇺🇸 The HR department acted as an intermediary between the management and the employees.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.