EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
gaping idly; dumbfounded...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/tu-nga-NGA/
FIL: Ang kalagayan ng pagiging walang ginagawa, kadalasang nakabukas ang bibig, at tila naghihintay o nag-iisip nang malalim nang walang partikular na dahilan.
EN: gaping idly; dumbfounded
This is you during a long, boring Zoom meeting where you've turned off your camera. You're just staring into space, mouth slightly open, not thinking about anything productive. It's the human equivalent of a loading screen that's frozen. 'Uy, 'wag kang tumunganga diyan, tulungan mo ako magbuhat!'
Often implies a state of being unproductive or cluelessly idle. Can be used as a verb root (e.g., tumunganga).
🇵🇭 Huwag kang tumunganga lang diyan habang nagtatrabaho ang lahat.
🇺🇸 Don't just stand there gaping while everyone else is working.
🇵🇭 Nakita ko siyang nakatunganga sa bintana, parang may malalim na iniisip.
🇺🇸 I saw him staring blankly out the window, as if deep in thought.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.