From root: ngipin
Usage Note
Mangingipin is the traditional Tagalog term for a dentist, although the loanword dentista is used more frequently today.
Examples
" Pupunta ako sa mangingipin. "
Natural Translation
I am going to the dentist.
Literal Translation
Will-go I to dentist.
" Mabait ang mangingipin doon. "
Natural Translation
The dentist there is kind.
Literal Translation
Kind the dentist there.
" Ipinakilala ng aking lola na isang mangingipin ang kanyang kapatid bago pa dumami ang mga klinika ng dentista sa bayan. "
Natural Translation
My grandmother introduced her sibling as a dentist even before the dental clinics in town became numerous.
Literal Translation
Introduced by my grandmother that a dentist the her sibling before still increased the clinics of dentist in town.
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