EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to break apart; to scatter; to dismantle...
to fight with; to compete against...
to have a drinking session with; to get drunk with...
Pang-uri
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/pag-wa-tak-wa-ta-KIN/
FIL: Ang akto ng paghihiwa-hiwalay o pagkakalat-kalat ng isang grupo o buong bagay sa maraming bahagi.
EN: to break apart; to scatter; to dismantle
This is the 'divide and conquer' move. It's what happens to your group project when the leader is MIA. It's also what your mom does to the lechong manok at the dinner table. Figuratively, it’s what chismis does to a solid barkada – pinagwawatak-watak ang samahan!
From 'pag-' (infinitive prefix) + 'watak-watak' (scattered) + '-in' (object-focus suffix). The root 'watak' is reduplicated.
Implies a forceful or deliberate act of separation or dispersal.
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🇵🇭 Sinubukan ng kaaway na pagwatak-watakin ang kanilang hukbo.
🇺🇸 The enemy tried to scatter their army.
🇵🇭 Huwag nating hayaang pagwatak-watakin ng intriga ang ating pamilya.
🇺🇸 Let's not allow intrigue to break apart our family.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.