EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to make someone dance; to ask someone to dance...
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FIL: Hikayatin, utusan, o yayain ang isang tao na sumayaw.
EN: to make someone dance; to ask someone to dance
What your tita does to you at every family reunion. 'Halika, iho, **pasayawin** mo ang tita mo!' It's also that feeling when a banger song comes on and the beat just forces you to move, parang pinapasayaw ka ng kanta.
From `pa-` (causative) + `sayaw` (dance) + `-in` (object-focus suffix).
ROOT MEANING: dance
Object-focus verb. The person being made to dance is the object. Can mean either 'to ask to dance' or 'to command/force to dance.'
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🇵🇭 Gusto kitang pasayawin sa ilalim ng mga bituin.
🇺🇸 I want to ask you to dance under the stars.
🇵🇭 Huwag mo akong pasayawin, dahil hindi ako marunong.
🇺🇸 Don't make me dance, because I don't know how.
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Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.