EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
bothered...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/u-ma-BA-la/
FIL: Ang kilos ng paggambala, pag-istorbo, o pagiging sagabal sa isang tao o gawain. Ito ay nasa nakaraang anyo (past tense).
EN: bothered
This is what you did when you called your friend at 3 AM just to ask a random question. 'Sorry kung umabala ako.' It's the past tense of 'to bother' or 'to interrupt.' It's the polite Filipino way of acknowledging you might have been a bit of a nuisance.
Mula sa salitang ugat na 'abala' (bother, busy) at panlaping '-um-'.
ROOT MEANING: busy; occupied
Anyong pangnakaraan ng pandiwang 'umabala'.
🇵🇭 Umabala ako sa kanilang pag-uusap kaya ako'y humingi ng paumanhin.
🇺🇸 I disturbed their conversation so I apologized.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.