magkalat

Tagalog

Etymology

From mag- +‎ kalat.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: mag‧ka‧lat
  • IPA(key): /maɡˈkalat/, [mɐɡˈka.lɐt] (sense: to diffuse something)
  • IPA(key): /maɡkaˈlat/, [mɐɡ.kɐˈlat] (sense: to litter)

Verb

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

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

Verb

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

  1. to litter
    Bawal magkalat.
    No littering.
  2. (colloquial) to perform badly
    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 Root word Trigger
mag-
ᜋᜄ᜔		 kalat
ᜃᜎᜆ᜔		 actor
Aspect Imperative
Infinitive Complete Progressive Contemplative Recently Complete
magkalat
ᜋᜄ᜔ᜃᜎᜆ᜔		 nagkalat
ᜈᜄ᜔ᜃᜎᜆ᜔		 nagkakalat
ᜈᜄ᜔ᜃᜃᜎᜆ᜔
nagakalat1
ᜈᜄᜃᜎᜆ᜔		 magkakalat
ᜋᜄ᜔ᜃᜃᜎᜆ᜔
magakalat1
ᜋᜄᜃᜎᜆ᜔
gakalat1
ᜄᜃᜎᜆ᜔		 formal kakakalat
ᜃᜃᜃᜎᜆ᜔
kapagkakalat
ᜃᜉᜄ᜔ᜃᜃᜎᜆ᜔		 magkalat1
ᜋᜄ᜔ᜃᜎᜆ᜔
informal kakakalat
ᜃᜃᜃᜎᜆ᜔
kakapagkalat
ᜃᜃᜉᜄ᜔ᜃᜎᜆ᜔
kapapagkalat
ᜃᜉᜉᜄ᜔ᜃᜎᜆ᜔
1 Dialectal use only.
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