From root: pangit
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
pinangit
pi-NA-ngit
made ugly
Present (Incomplete)
pinapangit
pi-na-PA-ngit
making ugly
Future (Contemplated)
papangitin
pa-pa-ngi-TIN
will make ugly
Usage Note
Pangitin is used when someone deliberately makes an object or a person's appearance unattractive. It often applies to situations like vandalizing a surface or purposely messing up one's handwriting or drawings.
Examples
" Huwag mong pangitin ang dingding. "
Natural Translation
Don't make the wall ugly.
Literal Translation
Don't you make-ugly the wall.
" Ayaw kong pangitin ang larawan. "
Natural Translation
I don't want to make the picture ugly.
Literal Translation
Dislike I make-ugly the picture.
" Pinangit ng mga vandalo ang bagong pintura sa pader na pinaghirapan naming linisin. "
Natural Translation
The vandals made the fresh paint on the wall we worked hard to clean ugly.
Literal Translation
Made-ugly by the vandals the new paint on wall that worked-hard we to-clean.
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