gupit
gupít with stress marks
cut; haircut
Usage Note
Gupit means a haircut or the act of cutting with scissors. It is extremely common in everyday speech — magpagupit means 'to get a haircut' and is the standard phrase used at barbershops and salons across the Philippines.
Examples
" Maikli ang gupit niya. "
Natural Translation
His haircut is short.
Literal Translation
Short the haircut his.
" Maganda ang iyong gupit. "
Natural Translation
Your haircut is nice.
Literal Translation
Beautiful the your haircut.
" Bago magsimula ang klase, nagpagupit ang bata upang maging malinis at maayos ang kanyang itsura. "
Natural Translation
Before classes started, the child got a haircut so that his appearance would be clean and tidy.
Literal Translation
Before begin the class, got-a-haircut the child in-order-to become clean and tidy the his appearance.
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