salingin
salingín with stress marks
to touch lightly
From root: saling
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
sininaling
si-ni-na-LING
lightly touched
Present (Incomplete)
sinisaling
si-ni-sa-LING
is being lightly touched
Future (Contemplated)
sasalingin
sa-sa-li-NGIN
will lightly touch
Usage Note
Salingin is the object-focus -in form of saling, used when the thing receiving a light or glancing touch is the sentence topic. The touch implied is inadvertent or barely perceptible — a brush against a wound, a fleeting reference to a sensitive topic — distinguishing it from the more deliberate salatin.
Examples
" Huwag mong salingin ang sugat ko. "
Natural Translation
Don't lightly touch my wound.
Literal Translation
Don't you touch-lightly the wound my.
" Iwasan mo na salingin ang sariwang pintura upang hindi mabura. "
Natural Translation
You must try to avoid touching the fresh paint lightly so it won't get ruined.
Literal Translation
Avoid you touch-lightly fresh paint so-not erase.
" Maingat niyang iniwasang salingin ang sugat sa braso ng bata habang nililinis ito ng nars. "
Natural Translation
He carefully avoided brushing against the wound on the child's arm while the nurse was cleaning it.
Literal Translation
Careful he avoided touch-lightly the wound on arm of child while cleaning it the nurse.
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