From root: payat
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
pinapayat
pi-na-pa-YAT
made someone thin
Present (Incomplete)
pinapapayat
pi-na-pa-pa-YAT
making someone thin
Future (Contemplated)
papapayatin
pa-pa-pa-ya-TIN
will make someone thin
Usage Note
Papayatin is used to describe the intentional act of making a person or animal lose weight, often through a specific diet or physical regimen. It is an object-focus verb, emphasizing the individual who is meant to undergo the weight loss process.
Examples
" Gusto niyang papayatin ang aso. "
Natural Translation
She wants to make the dog thinner.
Literal Translation
Want she make-thin the dog.
" Ayaw niyang papayatin ang sarili niya. "
Natural Translation
She doesn't want to make herself thin.
Literal Translation
Dislike she make-thin the self her.
" Nagbigay ng mahigpit na diyeta ang doktor upang papayatin ang pasyente na may sakit sa puso. "
Natural Translation
The doctor gave a strict diet in order to make the patient with heart disease thinner.
Literal Translation
Gave of strict diet the doctor so-that make-thin the patient who has disease in heart.
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