EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to cause to separate; to break up (a couple, a fig...
to oppress; to scorn (variant of dustain)...
tap; poke...
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/pa-hi-wa-LA-yin/
FIL: Ang akto ng pagiging sanhi ng paghihiwalay ng dalawa o higit pang tao o bagay na magkasama.
EN: to cause to separate; to break up (a couple, a fight)
This is what a "kontrabida" does in a teleserye—they try to pahiwalayin the main couple. It's also what you do to two friends who are about to get into a fistfight, or when you sort your white clothes from your colored ones for laundry. Basically, it's the act of creating space between things that were once together.
From 'pa-' + 'hiwalay' + '-in'.
ROOT MEANING: separate; apart
The focus is on the people or things being separated.
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🇵🇭 Sinubukan silang pahiwalayin ng kanilang mga magulang ngunit mas lalong tumibay ang kanilang pagmamahalan.
🇺🇸 Their parents tried to break them up, but their love only grew stronger.
🇵🇭 Kailangang pahiwalayin ang mga basurang nabubulok at hindi nabubulok.
🇺🇸 The biodegradable and non-biodegradable trash need to be separated.
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