EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
debt of gratitude...
to fall with a thud; to fail (an exam)...
regal; kingly; majestic...
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.
/U-tang na lo-OB/
FIL: Isang malalim at di-materyal na pagkakautang dahil sa isang kabutihang-loob na tinanggap mula sa iba, na nangangailangan ng pagtanaw at pagbabayad sa pamamagitan din ng kabutihan.
EN: debt of gratitude
The social contract that's more binding than any written document in the Philippines. It's that feeling you have when someone helps you get your first job, so now you feel obligated to help their nephew get an internship 10 years later. It's a non-transferable, non-refundable, and sometimes, a lifetime subscription to obligation. It can be beautiful, but it can also be used for emotional blackmail. 'Tandaan mo, may utang-na-loob ka sa akin!'
Combination of 'utang' (debt) and 'na' (of) 'loob' (inside, will, disposition).
A core Filipino value. It's a complex concept that governs many social and political relationships. It's not just about saying 'thank you' but about a deep, often lifelong, sense of obligation to reciprocate a significant favor.
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🇵🇭 Habambuhay kong tatanawin bilang utang-na-loob ang pagtulong mo sa aking pamilya.
🇺🇸 I will forever see the help you gave my family as a debt of gratitude.
🇵🇭 Huwag mong gamitin ang utang-na-loob para manipulahin ang desisyon niya.
🇺🇸 Don't use the debt of gratitude to manipulate his decision.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.