tabasin
tabasín with stress marks
to cut [it]
From root: tabas
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
tinabas
ti-na-BAS
cut
Present (Incomplete)
tinatabas
ti-na-ta-BAS
is being cut
Future (Contemplated)
tatabasin
ta-ta-ba-SIN
will be cut
Usage Note
Tabasin is the object-focus form of tabas, centering the fabric or material being cut. It is most at home in dressmaking and tailoring contexts, where tabas connotes cutting cloth to a specific pattern or design; in gardening contexts, the more common object-focus form is tabasan, which implies shaping rather than wholesale cutting.
Examples
" Tabasin mo ang tela. "
Natural Translation
Cut the fabric.
Literal Translation
Cut you the fabric.
" Kailangan mong tabasin ang mahabang tela para sa gagawing damit. "
Natural Translation
You need to cut the long fabric for the clothes you are making.
Literal Translation
Need you to-cut the long fabric for for will-make clothing.
" Mag-ingat kang tabasin ang mamahaling tela dahil hindi na ito mababalik kapag namali ka ng sukat. "
Natural Translation
Be careful when you cut the expensive fabric because it cannot be undone once you get the measurement wrong.
Literal Translation
Be-careful you to-cut the expensive fabric because not anymore it can-return when wrong you of measurement.
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