EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to have someone/something return; to bring back...
stunned; dazed; bewildered...
to stun; to daze; to bewilder...
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.
/mag-pa-ba-LIK/
FIL: Ang paggawa ng paraan upang ang isang tao, bagay, o sitwasyon ay muling bumalik sa dati nitong kinaroroonan o kalagayan.
EN: to have someone/something return; to bring back
This is the official verb for "Sana all bumabalik." When you try to win your ex back, you're trying to magpabalik sa kanya. When you send a defective Shopee item back to the seller, you nagpabalik ng item. It can also be more abstract, like trying to magpabalik ng sigla (bring back the energy) to a boring party. It’s the act of causing a return.
From `magpa-` (causative prefix) + `balik` (return).
ROOT MEANING: return, act of coming back
Very common and versatile. Can be used for people, objects, feelings, or states.
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🇵🇭 Sinubukan niyang magpabalik ng tiwala ng kanyang mga magulang.
🇺🇸 He tried to win back the trust of his parents.
🇵🇭 Kailangan kong magpabalik ng hiniram kong libro sa library.
🇺🇸 I need to return the book I borrowed from the library.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.