hagilapin
hagilapín with stress marks
to seek out [it]
From root: hagilap
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
hinagilap
hi-na-GI-lap
sought out
Present (Incomplete)
hinahagilap
hi-na-ha-GI-lap
is being sought out
Future (Contemplated)
hahagilapin
ha-ha-gi-la-PIN
will be sought out
Usage Note
Hagilapin is the object-focus infinitive of hagilap, implying active, determined searching — closer to hunting something down than casual looking. It is often used for gathering hard-to-find resources, documents, or information, and is less common in everyday speech than hanapin.
Examples
" Hagilapin mo ang susi. "
Natural Translation
Seek out the key.
Literal Translation
Seek-out you the key.
" Subukan mo na hagilapin ang nawawalang susi. "
Natural Translation
Try to seek out the missing key.
Literal Translation
Try you to seek out the missing key.
" Bago mo isumite ang ulat, hagilapin mo ang mga lumang dokumento na nawala noong nakaraang taon. "
Natural Translation
Before you submit the report, seek out the old documents that went missing last year.
Literal Translation
Before you submit the report, seek-out you the old documents that lost last year.
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