EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to make something shiny; to polish...
torpedo (weapon)...
to sabotage a courtship...
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/pa-kin-TA-bin/
FIL: Gawing makintab o maningning ang isang bagay sa pamamagitan ng pagpunas o paggamit ng pampakintab.
EN: to make something shiny; to polish
This is the command form of 'to polish.' It's what your mom tells you to do to the floor before the relatives arrive for Christmas, or what you do to your shoes before a job interview. It's the action of transforming something from 'meh' to 'wow, ang shiny!'.
From pa- (causative prefix) + kintab (shine) + -in (object-focus suffix).
Often used as a command or in infinitive form.
🇵🇭 Pakintabin mo ang sahig para sa bisita.
🇺🇸 Polish the floor for the visitor.
🇵🇭 Ginamit niya ang basahan upang pakintabin ang kanyang sapatos.
🇺🇸 He used the rag to make his shoes shiny.
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