magkintal
magkintál with stress marks
to engrave
From root: kintal
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
nagkintal
nag-kin-TAL
engraved
Present (Incomplete)
nagkikintal
nag-ki-kin-TAL
is engraving
Future (Contemplated)
magkikintal
mag-ki-kin-TAL
will engrave
Usage Note
Magkintal is the actor-focus mag- form of kintal, used for carving or engraving on a surface, and equally common in its figurative sense of imprinting a lesson or memory on the mind. The figurative use is especially prevalent in educational and moral contexts, where values are said to be indelibly stamped onto a person's character.
Examples
" Magkintal ka ng pangalan mo. "
Natural Translation
Engrave your name.
Literal Translation
Engrave you of name your.
" Mahirap magkintal ng disenyo sa matigas na bato. "
Natural Translation
It is hard to engrave a design on hard stone.
Literal Translation
Hard to engrave of design on hard stone.
" Sinikap ng guro na magkintal ng mabubuting aral sa isipan ng mga bata upang dalhin nila ito hanggang sa paglaki. "
Natural Translation
The teacher strove to imprint good lessons on the children's minds so they would carry them into adulthood.
Literal Translation
Strove of teacher to engrave of good lessons in mind of plural children so-that carry they it until growing-up.
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