EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to be reduced by half...
from there...
wide-eyed, staring blankly...
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/ma-nga-la-HA-ti/
FIL: Mabawasan hanggang sa maging kalahati na lamang ng orihinal na dami o bilang.
EN: to be reduced by half
This is what happens to your sahod a day after payday. Or when you decide to share your large fries with your 'tropa' and suddenly, poof, it's half gone. It's the tragic magic of things getting halved.
From `mang-` (verb prefix) + `kalahati` (half).
ROOT MEANING: half
`Kalahati` is the root, which itself is from `ka-` + `hati` (divide).
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🇵🇭 Nang mangalahati ang kanin sa kaldero, nagsimula na siyang mag-alala.
🇺🇸 When the rice in the pot was reduced by half, he started to worry.
🇵🇭 Dapat ay mangalahati na ang natitira sa aking load pagsapit ng Biyernes.
🇺🇸 My mobile data should be reduced by half by the time Friday comes.
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Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.