yapusin
yapusín with stress marks
to embrace [someone] tightly
From root: yapos
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
yinapos
yi-NA-pos
embraced
Present (Incomplete)
yinayapos
yi-na-YA-pos
is being embraced
Future (Contemplated)
yayapusin
ya-ya-pu-SIN
will be embraced
Usage Note
Yapusin is the object-focus form of yapos, placing the person being embraced as the grammatical focus. Yapos implies a tight, enveloping embrace rather than a casual hug, so the word choice signals emotional intensity or physical closeness; the root-final o shifts to u before -in, a regular morphological pattern, and the form is common in expressions of familial affection and reconciliation.
Examples
" Gusto kitang yapusin. "
Natural Translation
I want to embrace you tightly.
Literal Translation
Want I-you to-embrace-tightly.
" Gusto kong yapusin ang aking ina pagkatapos ng mahabang biyahe. "
Natural Translation
I want to embrace my mother tightly after the long trip.
Literal Translation
Want I to-embrace-tightly the my mother after of long trip.
" Hindi niya napigilang yapusin ang kanyang anak na matagal nang nawawala nang sila ay muling nagkita sa paliparan. "
Natural Translation
She couldn't stop herself from embracing tightly her long-lost child when they met again at the airport.
Literal Translation
Not she could-stop to-embrace-tightly the her child that long already missing when they again met at airport.
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