magtiklop
magtiklóp with stress marks
to fold
From root: tiklop
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
nagtiklop
nag-tik-LOP
folded
Present (Incomplete)
nagtitiklop
nag-ti-tik-LOP
is folding
Future (Contemplated)
magtitiklop
mag-ti-tik-LOP
will fold
Usage Note
Magtiklop is the actor-focus infinitive of tiklop, covering the literal folding of cloth, paper, or flexible materials. In contemporary informal speech, nagtiklop has taken on a secondary slang meaning of backing down or conceding defeat in an argument — a usage common in online discourse and youth culture.
Examples
" Magtiklop ka ng damit. "
Natural Translation
Fold the clothes.
Literal Translation
Fold you of clothes.
" Tungkulin ng bata ang magtiklop ng sarili niyang kumot pagkagising sa umaga. "
Natural Translation
It is the child's duty to fold their own blanket upon waking up in the morning.
Literal Translation
Duty of child the to-fold of own his/her blanket upon-waking in morning.
" Pagkatapos labhan at patuyuin ang mga damit, kailangan pa naming magtiklop ng bundok na labada bago matulog. "
Natural Translation
After washing and drying the clothes, we still need to fold a mountain of laundry before going to sleep.
Literal Translation
After wash and dry the clothes, need still we to-fold of mountain laundry before sleep.
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