tabasan
tabasán with stress marks
to trim [it]
From root: tabas
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
tinabasan
ti-na-ba-SAN
trimmed
Present (Incomplete)
tinatabasan
ti-na-ta-ba-SAN
is being trimmed
Future (Contemplated)
tatabasan
ta-ta-ba-SAN
will be trimmed
Usage Note
Tabasan is the object-focus -an form of tabas, centering the thing being shaped or trimmed rather than cut through entirely. The -an suffix emphasizes a repeated, surface-level trimming action — pruning branches, shaping hedges, or evening out a haircut — distinguishing it from tabasin, which implies a more decisive cut.
Examples
" Tabasan mo ang halaman. "
Natural Translation
Trim the plant.
Literal Translation
Trim you the plant.
" Kailangan mong tabasan ang mahabang sanga ng halaman. "
Natural Translation
You need to trim the long branches of the plant.
Literal Translation
Need you to-trim the long branches of plant.
" Tuwing umaga, tinatabasan ng hardinero ang mga sanga ng bougainvillea upang manatiling maayos ang hugis ng bakod. "
Natural Translation
Every morning, the gardener trims the branches of the bougainvillea so that the shape of the hedge stays neat.
Literal Translation
Every morning, trim the gardener the branches of bougainvillea so that stay neat the shape of hedge.
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