EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to get removed; to be detached...
to conceive; to have pregnancy cravings...
to keep a secret...
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/mag-ka-tang-GAL/
FIL: Ang pagiging naalis mula sa isang posisyon, lugar, o pagkakakabit.
EN: to get removed; to be detached
This is what happens when you keep coming in late to your BPO job. Your team lead will have "the talk" with you, and then, magkakatanggal ka na sa trabaho. It's the passive, "it happened to me" way of saying "I got fired" or "the thing got detached." "Paano nasira?" "Ewan, nagkatanggal yung turnilyo."
From magka- (to experience/undergo) + tanggal (remove).
ROOT MEANING: detached, removed, unfastened
Can refer to objects being detached or people being removed from a position. The magka- prefix implies an unintentional or passive experience.
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🇵🇭 Biglang nagkatanggal ang gulong ng aming sasakyan habang bumibiyahe.
🇺🇸 The wheel of our car suddenly got detached while we were traveling.
🇵🇭 Maraming nagkatanggal sa trabaho dahil sa pandemya.
🇺🇸 Many were removed from their jobs because of the pandemic.
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Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.