From root: wakas
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
nagwakas
nag-wa-KAS
ended
Present (Incomplete)
nagwawakas
nag-wa-wa-KAS
ending
Future (Contemplated)
magwawakas
mag-wa-wa-KAS
will end
Usage Note
Magwakas is used when describing a formal or definitive conclusion, such as the end of a story, an era, or a significant life event. It often carries a more literary or dramatic tone compared to the everyday word matapos.
Examples
" Magwawakas na ang taon. "
Natural Translation
The year is about to end.
Literal Translation
Will-end now the year.
" Ayaw naming magwakas ang ating samahan. "
Natural Translation
We do not want our partnership to end.
Literal Translation
Dislike we end the our partnership.
" Walang sinuman ang gustong magwakas ang masayang pagtitipon, ngunit kinailangan na naming umuwi bago dumilim. "
Natural Translation
No one wanted the happy gathering to end, but we had to go home before it got dark.
Literal Translation
No one the want end the happy gathering, but needed already we go-home before darken.
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