EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
Severed; cut off...
torpedo (weapon)...
to sabotage a courtship...
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/tig-PAS/
FIL: Putol o tabas na resulta ng isang mabilis at malakas na hiwa, karaniwang ginagamitan ng itak o katulad na kasangkapan.
EN: Severed; cut off
Think of a provincial tito expertly cutting down a banana tree with one clean swing of his bolo knife. That's tigpas. It’s a swift, decisive cut. In a hugot context, it's how you wish you could sever ties with a toxic ex—isang tigpas lang, tapos na.
Implies a swift, clean cut, often with a bladed tool like a bolo or machete. Can also be a noun ('ang tigpas').
🇵🇭 Tigpas ang ulo ng manok matapos itong tagain ng magsasaka.
🇺🇸 The chicken's head was severed after the farmer chopped it.
🇵🇭 Isang maling galaw lang at baka matigpas ang daliri mo ng makinang iyan.
🇺🇸 One wrong move and your finger might get cut off by that machine.
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