magtiwakal
magtiwakál with stress marks
to commit suicide
From root: tiwakal
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
nagtiwakal
nag-ti-wa-KAL
committed suicide
Present (Incomplete)
nagtitiwakal
nag-ti-ti-wa-KAL
is committing suicide
Future (Contemplated)
magtitiwakal
mag-ti-ti-wa-KAL
will commit suicide
Usage Note
Magtiwakal is the actor-focus form of tiwakal, a formal and literary Tagalog term for suicide. It appears primarily in news reporting and written discourse rather than in casual speech; when the subject is sensitive, speakers and writers often prefer this term over more colloquial alternatives precisely because of its measured, clinical register.
Examples
" Mahirap unawain kung bakit may magtitiwakal. "
Natural Translation
It is hard to understand why someone would commit suicide.
Literal Translation
Difficult to-understand if why there to-commit-suicide.
" Walang anumang problema ang sapat na dahilan para magtiwakal ang isang tao. "
Natural Translation
No problem is enough reason for a person to commit suicide.
Literal Translation
None any problem the enough reason for to-commit-suicide the a person.
" Mahalagang mabigyan ng sapat na suporta ang mga taong nasa matinding kalungkutan upang hindi sila mapilitang magtiwakal. "
Natural Translation
It is important to give enough support to people in deep distress so that they aren't driven to commit suicide.
Literal Translation
Important to-be-given of enough support the people who-are in intense sadness so not they to-be-forced to-commit-suicide.
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