hilig
hílig with stress marks
hobby; leaning
Usage Note
Hilig means both a personal interest or hobby and a physical leaning or tilt. The hobby sense dominates modern usage — asking someone's hilig is a standard conversation starter — while the physical sense of tilting to one side is also used but less frequently.
Examples
" Ano ang hilig mo? "
Natural Translation
What's your hobby?
Literal Translation
What the hobby your?
" Ang hilig ko ay sining. "
Natural Translation
My hobby is art.
Literal Translation
The hobby my is art.
" Mula pagkabata, hilig na niya ang pagpipinta, kaya hindi nakapagtataka na pintor siya ngayon. "
Natural Translation
Painting has been her hobby since childhood, so it's no surprise she's a painter now.
Literal Translation
From childhood, hobby already her the painting, so not surprising that painter she now.
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