EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to stretch; to pull taut...
opponent, antagonist, opposition...
one who hangs clothes to dry...
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/ba-NA-tin/
FIL: Hilahin o unatin ang isang bagay upang ito ay tumigas, lumapad, o humaba.
EN: to stretch; to pull taut
The official term for what you do to a bedsheet to get rid of the wrinkles. It's also what your gym instructor tells you to do to your muscles before a workout. Figuratively, it's what you do to your budget before payday, or how you try to connect two distant points in your alibi. 'Banatin mo 'yang kwento mo, 'di kapanipaniwala.'
From root 'banat' (stretch) + '-in' suffix.
Can be used for physical objects (ropes, cloth) or abstract concepts (a story, a budget). Also related to 'bumanat' which can mean 'to hit' or 'to deliver a punchline'.
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🇵🇭 Kailangan mong banatin ang lubid para maging tuwid ito.
🇺🇸 You need to pull the rope taut to make it straight.
🇵🇭 Banatin mo nang maigi ang kumot sa kama.
🇺🇸 Stretch the blanket on the bed properly.
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