disin

See also: dışın

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /diˈsin/ [d̪ɪˈsɪn̪]
  • Rhymes: -in
  • Syllabification: di‧sin

Adverb

disín (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐᜒᜈ᜔)

  1. an expression of speculation or wonder what might have been if something occurred
    Synonyms: dapat sana, sana, di sana
    Kung dumating kayo agad, disin ay nakalakad tayo nang maaga.
    If all of you arrived right away, we could have walked early.
    Nag-aral ka disin ng medisina.
    What might have been if you had studied medicine.
    Kangina pa disin ang pagdating niyang isda ngayo'y nakakain na ako.
    The arrival of that fish could have come a little a while ago, now that I already ate.
    Kung ginamot disin niya, hindi namatay.
    If only he had treated it, it wouldn't have died.
    Ikaw disin ang hahampasin kung dangan ang ama mo.
    You would have been the one beaten if not for your father.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish dicen, third-person plural present indicative of decir.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈdisin/ [ˈd̪iː.sɪn̪]
  • Rhymes: -isin
  • Syllabification: di‧sin

Particle

disin (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐᜒᜈ᜔)

  1. (Laguna, Quezon, obsolete) indicates something said by another person or group: so they say; according to people; according to an aforementioned person
    Synonyms: daw, kuno, dikuno, umano, diumano
    Nalunod disin sa ilog.
    They say he drowned in the river.
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