EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to be made very happy; to feel overjoyed...
tranquilizer; sedative...
scapular...
Pang-uri
Isang katangian ng pagiging kalmado, matatag ang loob, at hindi nakakaramdam ng takot, kaba, o pagkabalisa sa harap ng isang hamon o sitwasyon.
/tu-wang-tu-WA-ngin/
FIL: Makaramdam ng sukdulang kaligayahan o galak dahil sa isang panlabas na kadahilanan.
EN: to be made very happy; to feel overjoyed
This is the verb form for that 'overjoyed' feeling. It's not something you do, but something that *happens* to you. Parang na-spell ka ng happiness. 'Natuwang-tuwa ako sa surprise mo!' means your surprise cast a happiness spell on me. It's the state of being hit right in the feels by joy.
From the intensified 'tuwang-tuwa' + '-in' (verb suffix).
ROOT MEANING: joy, happiness, gladness
This infinitive form is uncommon. The conjugated forms 'natuwang-tuwa' (past tense) and 'matutuwang-tuwa' (future tense) are more frequently used to express being overjoyed.
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🇵🇭 Natuwang-tuwa siya sa mga bulaklak na ipinadala mo.
🇺🇸 She was made very happy by the flowers you sent.
🇵🇭 Sino ba ang hindi matutuwang-tuwa sa ganoong klaseng sorpresa?
🇺🇸 Who wouldn't be overjoyed with that kind of surprise?
Pang-uri
Isang katangian ng pagiging kalmado, matatag ang loob, at hindi nakakaramdam ng takot, kaba, o pagkabalisa sa harap ng isang hamon o sitwasyon.