pagtatanod
the act of guarding or keeping watch
From root: tanod
Usage Note
Pagtatanod describes the action or duty of staying alert and watching over a place. Matagal ang kanyang pagtatanod kagabi means his watch last night lasted a long time.
Examples
" Mahirap ang pagtatanod sa gabi. "
Natural Translation
Guarding at night is hard.
Literal Translation
Hard the act-of-guarding at night.
" Gabi ang pagtatanod niya sa subdivision. "
Natural Translation
His shift of guarding the subdivision is at night.
Literal Translation
Night the act-of-guarding his in subdivision.
" Dahil dumami ang mga nakawan sa bayan, hinati nila ang pagtatanod sa dalawang grupo upang may magbantay sa buong magdamag. "
Natural Translation
Because thefts increased in the town, they split the guard duty into two groups so that someone would keep watch all night long.
Literal Translation
Because increased the thefts in town, divided they the act-of-guarding into two groups so-that with watching in whole all-night.
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