magpuyat
magpúyat with stress marks
to stay up late
From root: puyat
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
nagpuyat
nag-PU-yat
stayed up late
Present (Incomplete)
nagpupuyat
nag-pu-PU-yat
is staying up late
Future (Contemplated)
magpupuyat
mag-pu-PU-yat
will stay up late
Usage Note
Magpuyat is the actor-focus mag- form of puyat, meaning to stay up late or go without sleep. Admitting to puyat is universal Filipino shorthand for exhaustion from overwork, study, or late-night socializing — and the adjective puyat is freely used on its own to describe someone who looks visibly sleep-deprived.
Examples
" Huwag kang magpuyat ngayong gabi. "
Natural Translation
Don't stay up late tonight.
Literal Translation
Do-not you stay-up-late this night.
" Iwasan mo na magpuyat upang maging produktibo sa trabaho bukas. "
Natural Translation
You must try to avoid staying up late to be productive tomorrow.
Literal Translation
Avoid you stay-up-late become productive work tomorrow.
" Madalas akong magpuyat tuwing may deadline, kaya laging mapungay ang aking mga mata kinaumagahan. "
Natural Translation
I often stay up late whenever there's a deadline, so my eyes are always droopy the next morning.
Literal Translation
Often I stay-up-late whenever has deadline, so always droopy the my eyes the-next-morning.
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