Meaning of "pala"

pala •

n.
• • 1. pala, shovel, spade
  • 2. pala part. so, as in Ikaw pala, meaning, it is you; an exclamation of surprise
  • 3. pala part. when used after hindi, expresses contrast with one's expectation, a reversal. Ang isip ko'y balat lamang ng itlog ito, hindi pala, kundi itlog na buo. I thought this was only an eggshell, but no, it was a whole egg.

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spade

n.
• • 1. a tool for digging, a kind of shovel: pala
  • 2. a kind of playing card with a figure resembling a heart: ispada

v.
• • to dig with a spade: maghukay (hukayin) ng pala, magpala, palahin

way

n.
• • 1. a manner, style: moda, uso, kalakaran
  • 2. a means, method: paraan, pamamaraan, kaparaanan
  • 3. respect, particular: paraan, kaparaanan, bagay
  • 4. direction: gawi, dako, panig
  • 5. a coming or going, approaching: paglapit, pagtungo, pagpunta
  • 6. distance: layo, agwat, distansiya
  • 7. a path, road: daan, landas
  • 8. a space for passing or going ahead: puwang, lugar, daan, daanan
  • 9. a habit, custom: ugali, kaugalian, kinabihasnan, kilos, gawi, kinagawian
  • 10. ones wish, will: gusto, gusto, kagustuhan, ibig, sariling kalooban, sariling gusto
  • 11. a condition, state: lagay, kalagayan
  • 12. a course of life or action: pamumuhay, buhay
  • 13. by way of means (a) through, by the route of: sa pamamagitan ng daan sa (b) as, for: bilang, para
  • 14. to give way means (a) to retreat: umurong (b) yield: sumuko (c) to break down, to fail: bumagsak, mabagsak (d) to abandon oneself to emotion: magbigay-daan, bigyang-daan, hindi makapagpigil, hindi mapigilan (e) to allow to pass: magparaan, paraanin, tumabi, magbigay (bigyan) ng daan
  • 15. under way means (a) going on, in progress: kasalukuyang ginagawa, isinasagawa, ginagawa (b) in motion: lumalakad, tumatakbo, umaandar
  • 16. in ones way, interfering: nakasasagabal, nakahahadlang, humahadlang
  • 17. out of the way, far or not on the way: malayo sa daanan, wala sa dinaraanan
  • 18. ways and means: mga para-paraan, mga kaparaanan
  • 19. by the way: maiba ako, siyanga pala

shove

v.
• • 1. to push: magtulak, itulak, magsalya, isalya
  • 2. to push each other: magtulakan, magsiksikan, magsalyahan
  • 3. to push the elbow: sumiko, sikuhin
  • 4. to shove off sometimes, to push away from the shore, row away: gumaod na (sumagwang) palayo
  • 5. leave, start, go away, scram (slang): lumayas shovel

n.
• • a tool for lifting and throwing loose matter: pala

v.
• • to lift and throw with a shovel: magpala, pumala, palahin

pleasant

adj.
• • 1. that pleases, giving pleasure: kawili-wili, nakakawili, kalugud-lugod, nakalulugod, kaigaigaya, nakaiigaya
  • 2. easy to get along with, friendly: madaling pakitunguhan, kawili-wili, masayang kasama, pala-kaibigan
  • 3. fair, not stormy: aliwalas, maganda, mabuti

student

n.
• • 1. a person who studies: mag-aaral, estudyante, iskuwela [iskwela]
  • 2. one who is fond of or devoted to study: pala-aral

ha

int.
• • interrogative meaning: What is it?, What do you mean?, What's that again? [syn. ano?, ano kamo?] part. interrogative particle meaning: Do you understand? [syn. Alam mo na ba, ha?] part. exclamatory interrogative particle with the element of surprise or reproach: Is that so? [syn. Ganoon pala, ha? So that's what it is, huh?]
  • 2.) ha! intj. (deprecatingly) So!, (reproachingly) So, that's it!, particle producing laughter (in series) Ha! Ha! Ha!