magtagpi
magtagpî with stress marks
to patch
From root: tagpi
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
nagtagpi
nag-tag-PI
patched
Present (Incomplete)
nagtatagpi
nag-ta-tag-PI
is patching
Future (Contemplated)
magtatagpi
mag-ta-tag-PI
will patch
Usage Note
Magtagpi is the actor-focus form of tagpi, used for patching clothing or repairing tears with a piece of fabric. The reduplicated form nagtatagpi-tagpi is a vivid colloquial idiom for someone barely making ends meet, stitching their livelihood together piece by piece.
Examples
" Gusto kong magtagpi ng damit. "
Natural Translation
I want to patch some clothes.
Literal Translation
Want I to-patch of clothes.
" Gusto kong magtagpi ng mga sirang damit ngayong hapon. "
Natural Translation
I want to patch torn clothes this afternoon.
Literal Translation
Want I to-patch of torn clothes this afternoon.
" Tuwing gabi, umuupo ang lola sa tabi ng ilaw upang magtagpi ng mga lumang damit na hindi pa niya kayang itapon. "
Natural Translation
Every night, grandmother sits beside the lamp to patch the old clothes she still can't bring herself to throw away.
Literal Translation
Every night, sits the grandmother at side of lamp to to-patch of old clothes that not yet she able to-throw.
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