EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to have someone removed; to ask someone to leave...
positive degree (grammar)...
lantern, lamp...
Pang-uri
Isang katangian ng pagiging kalmado, matatag ang loob, at hindi nakakaramdam ng takot, kaba, o pagkabalisa sa harap ng isang hamon o sitwasyon.
/mag-pa-a-LIS/
FIL: Ang pag-uutos o paghiling na umalis o alisin ang isang tao o bagay mula sa isang lugar.
EN: to have someone removed; to ask someone to leave
This is what you do when your tita's mahjong session is getting too loud and it's 2 AM. You don't kick them out yourself, you ask your mom to do it. It's also what a bouncer does, or what you do to a software you don't need anymore (uninstall). 'Magpaalis ka na ng multo sa bahay na 'yan!'
From `magpa-` (causative prefix) + `alis` (leave, go).
ROOT MEANING: to leave, to depart, to remove
Causative form of 'umalis' (to leave). The subject of the verb causes someone/something else to leave.
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🇵🇭 Kailangan kong magpaalis ng mga daga sa aming bodega.
🇺🇸 I need to have the rats removed from our storage room.
🇵🇭 Nagpasya ang manager na magpaalis ng empleyadong laging huli.
🇺🇸 The manager decided to have the always-late employee removed (fired).
Pang-uri
Isang katangian ng pagiging kalmado, matatag ang loob, at hindi nakakaramdam ng takot, kaba, o pagkabalisa sa harap ng isang hamon o sitwasyon.