magtulak
magtulák with stress marks
to push
From root: tulak
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
nagtulak
nag-tu-LAK
pushed
Present (Incomplete)
nagtutulak
nag-tu-tu-LAK
is pushing
Future (Contemplated)
magtutulak
mag-tu-tu-LAK
will push
Usage Note
Magtulak is the actor-focus form of tulak, used for the general act of pushing or shoving. In modern Filipino slang it also means to deal drugs, so context matters; in ambiguous settings the physical sense is usually clear from the object being pushed.
Examples
" Tutulungan kitang magtulak ng kotse. "
Natural Translation
I will help you push the car.
Literal Translation
Will-help I-you to-push of car.
" Mahirap magtulak ng nasirang sasakyan sa gitna ng baha. "
Natural Translation
It is difficult to push a broken vehicle in the middle of a flood.
Literal Translation
Difficult to-push of broken vehicle in middle of flood.
" Nagtulong-tulong ang mga lalaki upang magtulak ng natigil na trak na humaharang sa kalsada. "
Natural Translation
The men helped one another in order to push the stalled truck that was blocking the road.
Literal Translation
Helped-one-another the men in-order to-push of stalled truck that blocking on road.
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