magtirintas
magtirintás with stress marks
to braid
From root: tirintas
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
nagtirintas
nag-ti-rin-TAS
braided
Present (Incomplete)
nagtitirintas
nag-ti-ti-rin-TAS
is braiding
Future (Contemplated)
magtitirintas
mag-ti-ti-rin-TAS
will braid
Usage Note
Magtirintas is the actor-focus form of tirintas, used when someone braids hair. It is common in domestic morning-routine settings — especially mothers braiding daughters' hair before school — and also appears in descriptions of traditional woven crafts where a braiding motion is involved.
Examples
" Magtirintas tayo ng buhok. "
Natural Translation
Let's braid hair.
Literal Translation
To-braid we of hair.
" Marunong siyang magtirintas kahit mahaba ang buhok ng kliyente. "
Natural Translation
She knows how to braid even if the client's hair is long.
Literal Translation
Know he/she to-braid even long the hair of client.
" Tuwing umaga bago pumasok sa eskuwela, nagtitirintas ang nanay ng buhok ng kanyang anak na babae. "
Natural Translation
Every morning before going to school, the mother braids her daughter's hair.
Literal Translation
Every morning before to-enter in school, braiding the mother of hair of her child that female.
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