tampo
Language: Tagalog · [tɐmˈpo] · Pronunciation: tam-POH
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Meaning
quiet, hurt withdrawal, held until somebody comes to coax you out of it
The story
Tampo happens without a raised voice: you go quiet, sit slightly apart and wait to be noticed. Filipino has a word for the cure too, lambing, the coaxing that brings you round. English gets as far as the sulk, which nobody performs with such patience.
The four rounds
- Which language is it from?
- Tagalog
- Which feeling does it carry?
- Hurt, and waiting to be noticed
- Where would you hear it?
- A birthday call that never came
- What does it mean?
- Going quiet so somebody asks why
More Tagalog words
- kilig blind word
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the overwhelming urge to squeeze or pinch something unbearably cute - pasalubong practice word
a gift you bring home from a trip for the people waiting
More words for a feeling
- þetta reddast blind word
it will all work out somehow - hiraeth 2026-10-02
a deep longing for a home you cannot return to — or that never was - myötähäpeä 2026-09-11
embarrassment on someone else's behalf — pure cringe - ikigai practice word
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open-hearted, ungrudging delight in another person's success - desabafar 2026-10-06
to get the whole thing off your chest and breathe again
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