Pagmamano In English | Tagalog To English Translate

Pagmamano In English | Tagalog To English Translate

PAGMAMANO IN ENGLISH – Here is another term in the Filipino language that we are going to translate in the English language.

PAGMAMANO IN ENGLISH
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The English term that we are going to translate is the term “pagmamano“. We must first know its definition in the dictionary.

Definition

Also known in its root word mano. It is a Filipino tradition which involves kissing the hand of an elderly or raising the hand to touch your forehead.

This is one of the well-known Filipino trait which involves respecting or honoring the elderly

This is a common gesture of respect children or let’s say, descendants do to honor their living ancestors during holidays (cause obviously you cannot do this if they’re already dead), according to TagalogLang.

Translation

Of course, there is no direct English translation of this word. Instead, we only use its meaning “kissing the hands” as the translation of the term.

However, if you look at the literal translation of the term pagmamano or mano, it is related to hands for the very simple reason that the word mano is actually the Spanish term which clearly means “hand”.

In fact, the phrase “Mano po.” which is linked to this honorary gesture literally translates to the English phrase “Hand, please.”

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