EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
To contemplate; to reflect upon...
to look at something from a window; to peer at fro...
arrogant; haughty; impertinent...
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/ni-lay-ni-LA-yin/
FIL: Ang utos o pakiusap na pag-isipan nang malalim at mabuti ang isang partikular na bagay.
EN: To contemplate; to reflect upon
This is what your parents tell you to do when you make a rash decision. 'Nilay-nilayin mo muna!' means 'Think it over, dude!' It's the command form of your 3 AM overthinking session. It's being told to activate your 'nilay-nilay' mode on a specific topic, like a major purchase or a relationship status change.
From 'nilay' (contemplation) with reduplication and the suffix '-in'.
This is the imperative or infinitive form, used as a command or to express the action of contemplating.
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🇵🇭 Bago ka magdesisyon, dapat mong nilay-nilayin ang lahat ng posibleng kahihinatnan.
🇺🇸 Before you decide, you should contemplate all the possible consequences.
🇵🇭 Nilay-nilayin mo kung tama ba talaga ang gagawin mo.
🇺🇸 Reflect upon whether what you're about to do is truly right.
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Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.