tabingan
tabingán with stress marks
to screen [it] off
From root: tabing
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
tinabingan
ti-na-bi-NGAN
screened off
Present (Incomplete)
tinatabingan
ti-na-ta-bi-NGAN
is being screened off
Future (Contemplated)
tatabingan
ta-ta-bi-NGAN
will be screened off
Usage Note
Tabingan is the object-focus form of tabing, centering the window, opening, or space being screened off. It covers both practical domestic use — blocking sunlight or ensuring privacy — and the theatrical sense of closing off a stage area with a curtain.
Examples
" Tabingan mo ang bintana. "
Natural Translation
Screen off the window.
Literal Translation
Screen-off you the window.
" Kailangan mong tabingan ang banyo para sa pribasya. "
Natural Translation
You need to screen off the bathroom for privacy.
Literal Translation
Need you to-screen-off the bathroom for for privacy.
" Tatabingan namin ang malaking bintana dahil sumisilip ang mga kapitbahay tuwing gabi. "
Natural Translation
We will screen off the large window because the neighbors peek in every night.
Literal Translation
Will-screen-off we the large window because peeking the neighbors every night.
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