EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to shorten...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/ik-li-AN/
FIL: Gawing mas maikli ang isang bagay; bawasan ang haba, durasyon, o laki nito.
EN: to shorten
The command you give the tailor for your new pants. Or what your editor tells you to do with your 5,000-word essay: "Iklian mo 'yan!" It's the verb form of "TL;DR".
ROOT MEANING: shortness; brevity
This is a command or an action verb. A more common synonym is 'paikliin'.
🇵🇭 Pakisuyo, iklian mo ang pantalon ko ng dalawang pulgada.
🇺🇸 Please, shorten my pants by two inches.
🇵🇭 Mas mabuting iklian na lang ang kuwento para hindi mainip ang mga bata.
🇺🇸 It's better to just shorten the story so the kids won't get bored.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.