magwasto
magwastô with stress marks
to correct; to rectify
From root: wasto
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
nagwasto
nag-was-TO
corrected
Present (Incomplete)
nagwawasto
nag-wa-was-TO
is correcting
Future (Contemplated)
magwawasto
mag-wa-was-TO
will correct
Usage Note
Magwasto is the actor-focus form of wasto, foregrounding the person doing the correcting or rectifying. Common in educational settings — teachers marking papers, editors revising drafts, parents correcting children's behavior — it inherits the root adjective wasto's sense of restoring something to its right or proper form.
Examples
" Magwasto ka ng iyong sagot. "
Natural Translation
Correct your answer.
Literal Translation
Correct you of your answer.
" Tungkulin ng editor ang magwasto ng mga maling baybay sa artikulo. "
Natural Translation
It is the editor's duty to correct wrong spellings in the article.
Literal Translation
Duty of editor the to-correct of wrong spelling in article.
" Bago ipasa ang ulat, nagpaiwan ang guro upang magwasto ng mga maling sagot na napansin niya sa huling pahina. "
Natural Translation
Before submitting the report, the teacher stayed behind to correct the wrong answers she noticed on the last page.
Literal Translation
Before to-submit the report, stayed the teacher in-order-to to-correct of wrong answers that noticed she on last page.
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