sagip
ságip with stress marks
to rescue or salvage
Usage Note
Sagip is the everyday word for rescue in Filipino, used for saving people from danger, salvaging objects from disaster, and even recovering a failing project or situation. It features prominently in disaster-response language and headlines about typhoon rescues.
Examples
" Sinagip nila ang bata. "
Natural Translation
They rescued the child.
Literal Translation
Rescued they the child.
" Kailangan nila ng sagip. "
Natural Translation
They need a rescue.
Literal Translation
Needed they of rescue.
" Buong gabing nagtrabaho ang mga tagasagip upang sagipin ang mga naiwan sa bubong ng kanilang bahay nang bumaha. "
Natural Translation
The rescuers worked all night long to rescue those left on the roofs of their houses when the flood came.
Literal Translation
Whole night worked the rescuers in-order to-rescue the the left on roof of their house when flooded.
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