magkalat

Tagalog

Etymology

From mag- +‎ kalat.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /maɡˈkalat/ [mɐɡˈkaː.lɐt̪̚] (to diffuse, to spread, verb)
      • Rhymes: -alat
    • IPA(key): /maɡkaˈlat/ [mɐɡ.kɐˈlat̪̚] (to litter, verb)
      • Rhymes: -at
  • Syllabification: mag‧ka‧lat

Verb

magkalat (complete nagkalat, progressive nagkakalat, contemplative magkakalat, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄ᜔ᜃᜎᜆ᜔)

  1. to diffuse; to spread
    Synonym: kumalat
    Nagkalat ang usok dahil sa sunog.
    The smoke spread because of the fire.

Verb

magkalát (complete nagkalat, progressive nagkakalat, contemplative magkakalat, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜄ᜔ᜃᜎᜆ᜔)

  1. to litter
    Bawal magkalat.
    No littering.
  2. (colloquial) to perform badly, to conduct oneself poorly
    Dahil hindi sila nagpraktis, nagkalat lang sila.
    Because they had not practiced, they just performed badly.
    (literally, “Because they had not practiced, they just made a mess.”)

Inflection

Verb conjugation for magkalat
affix mag- / ᜋᜄ᜔
root word kalat / ᜃᜎᜆ᜔
trigger actor
aspect
infinitive  / ᜋᜄ᜔ᜃᜎᜆ᜔
complete nagkalat / ᜈᜄ᜔ᜃᜎᜆ᜔
progressive nagkakalat / ᜈᜄ᜔ᜃᜃᜎᜆ᜔
nagakalat1 / ᜈᜄᜃᜎᜆ᜔
contemplative magkakalat / ᜋᜄ᜔ᜃᜃᜎᜆ᜔
magakalat1 / ᜋᜄᜃᜎᜆ᜔
gakalat1 / ᜄᜃᜎᜆ᜔
recently
complete
formal kakakalat / ᜃᜃᜃᜎᜆ᜔
kapagkakalat / ᜃᜉᜄ᜔ᜃᜃᜎᜆ᜔
informal kakakalat / ᜃᜃᜃᜎᜆ᜔
kakapagkalat / ᜃᜃᜉᜄ᜔ᜃᜎᜆ᜔
kapapagkalat / ᜃᜉᜉᜄ᜔ᜃᜎᜆ᜔
imperative 1 / ᜋᜄ᜔ᜃᜎᜆ᜔

1 Dialectal use only.