EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to stop intermittently; to keep stopping...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
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Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/mag-pa-ti-gil-TI-gil/
FIL: Paulit-ulit o madalas na paghinto sa isang gawain, paggalaw, o paglalakbay.
EN: to stop intermittently; to keep stopping
That moment in EDSA traffic when you move two inches then stop for five minutes. Repeat until your clutch leg cries for mercy. It's the 'start-stop' relationship you have with your diet every weekend.
The reduplication 'tigil-tigil' implies an intermittent, repeated, or hesitant action, as opposed to a single, decisive stop ('tumigil').
🇵🇭 Huwag kang magpatigil-tigil sa pag-aaral kung gusto mong makapasa.
🇺🇸 Don't keep stopping your studies if you want to pass.
🇵🇭 Ang sasakyan ay nagpatigil-tigil dahil sa matinding trapiko.
🇺🇸 The car kept stopping because of the heavy traffic.
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Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.