halangan
halángan with stress marks
to block [it]
From root: halang
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
hinalangan
hi-na-LA-ngan
blocked
Present (Incomplete)
hinahalangan
hi-na-ha-LA-ngan
is being blocked
Future (Contemplated)
hahalangan
ha-ha-LA-ngan
will be blocked
Usage Note
Halangan is the locative object-focus form of halang, used when the passage, doorway, or opening being blocked is the focal element. It overlaps with harangin in meaning but tends to emphasize the space being sealed off rather than the entity being intercepted, with humalang as its actor-focus partner.
Examples
" Halangan mo ang pinto. "
Natural Translation
Block the door.
Literal Translation
Block you the door.
" Kailangan na halangan ang pinto para hindi pumasok ang baha. "
Natural Translation
The door needs to be blocked so the flood won't enter.
Literal Translation
Need , to block the door so-that not to enter the flood.
" Bago tumaas ang tubig-baha, halangan mo ang mga pinto ng bahay ng makakapal na sako ng buhangin. "
Natural Translation
Before the floodwater rises, block the doors of the house with thick sacks of sand.
Literal Translation
Before rises the floodwater, block you the doors of house with thick sacks of sand.
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