EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to mediate; to intervene (to separate); to create ...
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/u-MAG-wat/
FIL: Ang pagitan o pumagitna upang paghiwalayin ang dalawa o higit pang nag-aaway o bagay; ang paglikha ng espasyo o distansya.
EN: to mediate; to intervene (to separate); to create a gap
This is the designated 'referee' friend who breaks up a fight between two other friends. 'Hoy, tama na 'yan!' Yan ang umagwat. It's also what you do when you put a pillow between you and your sibling on the bed to create a 'border'. It’s about stepping in to create space, literally or figuratively, to stop a conflict or just to separate things.
From the root word 'agwat' (gap, interval) with the infix '-um-'.
Primarily used in the context of separating people who are fighting, but can also mean to create a physical or metaphorical gap.
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🇵🇭 Walang nangahas na umagwat sa dalawang nag-aaway na lalaki.
🇺🇸 No one dared to intervene between the two fighting men.
🇵🇭 Sinubukan niyang umagwat sa magkapatid ngunit siya pa ang napagbalingan ng galit.
🇺🇸 He tried to mediate between the siblings but their anger was turned on him instead.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.