lumagot
lumagót with stress marks
to snap
From root: lagot
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
lumagot
lu-ma-GOT
snapped
Present (Incomplete)
lumalagot
lu-ma-la-GOT
is snapping
Future (Contemplated)
lalagot
la-la-GOT
will snap
Usage Note
Lumagot is the actor-focus -um- form of lagot, describing a rope, thread, wire, or string snapping or breaking under tension. The root lagot also appears in the colloquial expression lagot ka, meaning you are in trouble — as though a line of tolerance has been broken — giving the word both a literal and a figurative life in everyday speech.
Examples
" Baka lumagot ang tali. "
Natural Translation
The rope might snap.
Literal Translation
Might snap the rope.
" Pwedeng lumagot ang kuwerdas ng gitara kapag hinigpitan nang husto. "
Natural Translation
It is easy for a guitar string to snap if tightened excessively.
Literal Translation
Possible snap string guitar when tightened excessively.
" Lumagot ang lubid habang hinihila nila ang mabigat na kahon, kaya bumagsak ito sa sahig nang malakas. "
Natural Translation
The rope snapped while they were pulling the heavy box, so it fell to the floor loudly.
Literal Translation
Snapped the rope while pulling they the heavy box, so fell it to floor loudly.
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