From root: dilim
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
nagdilim
nag-di-LIM
got dark
Present (Incomplete)
nagdidilim
nag-di-di-LIM
getting dark
Future (Contemplated)
magdidilim
mag-di-di-LIM
will get dark
Usage Note
Magdilim is used to describe the environment becoming dark, such as during sunset or before a storm, and is also common in the idiom 'magdilim ang paningin' to describe someone losing their temper or 'seeing red.'
Examples
" Naghihintay akong magdilim. "
Natural Translation
I am waiting for it to get dark.
Literal Translation
Waiting I to-get-dark.
" Ayaw niyang magdilim ang kwarto. "
Natural Translation
He/she doesn't want the room to get dark.
Literal Translation
Don't-want he/she to-get-dark the room.
" Nagdilim ang paningin niya sa galit nang malaman niyang niloko siya ng matalik niyang kaibigan. "
Natural Translation
He saw red with anger when he found out that his closest friend had deceived him.
Literal Translation
Got-dark the sight his in anger when found-out he that deceived him by close his friend.
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