EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
Slow movement; crawl...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/U-sad/
FIL: Marahan at mabagal na paggalaw o pag-abante, karaniwan sa pamamagitan ng pag-urong o pag-gapang.
EN: Slow movement; crawl
This is the official speed of EDSA traffic at 5 PM on a Friday. It's how a turtle wins the race. It's also the progress you feel on your thesis after writing one paragraph in three hours. 'Usad pagong' (turtle's pace) is the national anthem of waiting.
Often used to describe traffic, a slow person, or a slow process. The verb form is umusad. 'Usad-pagong' is a very common idiom.
🇵🇭 Usad-pagong ang trapik sa SLEX tuwing long weekend.
🇺🇸 The traffic on SLEX moves at a turtle's pace during long weekends.
🇵🇭 Isang usad lang ang nagawa ng pila sa loob ng isang oras.
🇺🇸 The line only inched forward once in an hour.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.