From root: silip
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
sinilipan
si-ni-li-PAN
peeped through
Present (Incomplete)
sinisilipan
si-ni-si-li-PAN
peeping through
Future (Contemplated)
sisilipan
si-si-li-PAN
will peep through
Usage Note
Silipan is used when the focus of the action is the specific person or opening being peeped through, often implying a surreptitious or intrusive look. It is commonly used in informal contexts to warn someone about peeping or to describe looking into a restricted space.
Examples
" Huwag mong silipan ang bintana. "
Natural Translation
Don't peep through the window.
Literal Translation
Don't you peep-through the window.
" Ayaw mong silipan ang kwarto. "
Natural Translation
You don't want to peep through the room.
Literal Translation
Dislike you peep-through the room.
" Sinilipan ng bata ang butas sa pader para makita kung sino ang nasa kabilang bahay. "
Natural Translation
The child peeped through the hole in the wall to see who was in the house next door.
Literal Translation
Peeped-through of child the hole at wall so see if who the at-the other house.
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