From root: gulo
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
iginulo
i-gi-NU-lo
messed something up
Present (Incomplete)
iginigulo
i-gi-ni-GU-lo
messing something up
Future (Contemplated)
igugulo
i-gu-gu-LO
will mess something up
Usage Note
Igulo is used when someone is intentionally making a specific object, like hair or an arrangement, messy or disorganized. It is an object-focus verb where the action is performed on the thing being mentioned.
Examples
" Huwag mong igulo ang buhok ko. "
Natural Translation
Don't mess up my hair.
Literal Translation
Don't you mess-up the hair my.
" Ang layunin niya ay igulo ang pila. "
Natural Translation
His goal is to mess the line up.
Literal Translation
The goal his is mess-up the line.
" Sinadya niyang igulo ang mga papeles sa mesa para mahirapan kaming hanapin ang importanteng dokumento. "
Natural Translation
He deliberately messed up the papers on the table to make it hard for us to find the important document.
Literal Translation
Intended he-that mess-up the plural papers on table so have-difficulty we-to find the important document.
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