EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
can be avoided...
sis; girl...
sis; girl (emphatic)...
Pang-uri
Hindi nagbabago, hindi kumukupas, o hindi natatapos; walang hanggan.
/ma-i-i-WA-san/
FIL: Posibleng makaligtas o hindi maranasan ang isang hindi kanais-nais na pangyayari o sitwasyon.
EN: can be avoided
That feeling when you see your toxic tita at a family reunion and you successfully hide in the bathroom until she leaves. 'Yan ang 'maiiwasan'. It's the life skill you use to dodge awkward conversations, extra work from your boss, or a friend asking to borrow money again. Avoidance is a skill!
ma- (ability) + iwas + -an (locative/referential suffix)
ROOT MEANING: avoidance; evasion
Implies the possibility of preventing something, often something negative.
🇵🇭 Kung nag-aral ka lang, maiiwasan sana ang pagbagsak mo sa pagsusulit.
🇺🇸 If only you had studied, your failing the exam could have been avoided.
🇵🇭 Hindi maiiwasan ang trapik sa EDSA tuwing Biyernes.
🇺🇸 Traffic on EDSA on Fridays cannot be avoided.
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Pang-uri
Hindi nagbabago, hindi kumukupas, o hindi natatapos; walang hanggan.