EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to search for something frantically; to grope for...
sis; girl...
sis; girl (emphatic)...
Pang-uri
Hindi nagbabago, hindi kumukupas, o hindi natatapos; walang hanggan.
/ha-gi-LA-pin/
FIL: Ang masinsinan at mabilisang paghahanap sa isang bagay, tao, o lugar, na madalas ay ginagamitan ng kamay o paningin sa paraang tila bulag.
EN: to search for something frantically; to grope for
This is you looking for your phone in your bag while the Grab driver is waiting. It's that 'pabulag-bulag' searching motion, full of panic and desperation, patting every surface hoping to find what you're looking for, especially in the dark.
The -in suffix makes it an object-focus verb, meaning the action is done *to* something. It implies a more desperate or less systematic search than 'hanapin'.
🇵🇭 Sinubukan niyang hagilapin ang kanyang salamin sa dilim.
🇺🇸 He tried to grope for his glasses in the dark.
🇵🇭 Kailangan nating hagilapin ang nawawalang dokumento bago magalit ang boss.
🇺🇸 We need to frantically search for the missing document before the boss gets angry.
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Pang-uri
Hindi nagbabago, hindi kumukupas, o hindi natatapos; walang hanggan.