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pahirapan

Filipino / Tagalog language translation for the meaning of the word pahirapan in the Tagalog Dictionary.

Definition for the Tagalog word pahirapan:

pahirapan

[verb] to cause someone/something difficulties; to persecute someone; to cause someone stress; to give someone a burden; to torture someone

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Verb conjugations of pahirapan:

Focus:

Locative Root: hirapConjugation Type: Pa-

Infinitive:

Completed (Past):

Uncompleted (Present):

Contemplated (Future):

Infinitive:

pahirapan

Completed (Past):

pinahirapan

Uncompleted (Present):

pinahihirapan

Contemplated (Future):

pahihirapan

Verb family:

pahirapan

magpahirap

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Pahirapan Example Sentences in Tagalog: (12)

Example sentences hand-crafted by professional Filipino teachers and writers.

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Huwág mo akóng pahirapan!

Don't make me suffer!

Pahirapan mo siyá para magtandá.

Give him a burden so he learns his lesson.

Ayaw kong pahirapan ang mga estudyante ko.

I don't want to give my students a burden.

Pinahirapan siyá ng kaniyáng mga propesór.

His professors made him suffer.

Pinahirapan muna ni Andrea ang kaniyáng manliligaw.

Andrea made her suitor suffer at first.

Paano pinahirapan ni Luis si Sandro?

How did Luis give Sandro a burden?

Pinahihirapan si Toto ng kaniyáng boss sa lahát ng bagay.

Toto's boss makes everything difficult for him.

Nakita kong pinahihirapan ng lalaki ang kaniyáng asawa.

I saw that the man is making his wife suffer.

Bakit mo akó pinahihirapan nang ganitó?

Why are you making me suffer like this?

Pahihirapan ng kontrabida ang bida.

The villain will torture the protagonist.

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Alternate spelling(s):

pinapahirapan, papahirapan
Alternate spellings may include: abbreviations, informal spellings, slang, and/or commonly misspelled variations.

Related Words:

Words spelled the same with a different pronunciation, stress, or definition:

2:páhirapán

[noun] struggle; burden; pains; a pain (difficulty/annoyance)

3:pahirapán

[adjective/adverb] torturous; painful; very difficult

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How to pronounce pahirapan:

PAHIRAPAN AUDIO CLIP:

Markup Code:
[rec:39047]

Related Filipino Words:

hirap mahirap kahirapan mahirapan paghihirap paghirapan sa hiráp at ginhawa maghirap hírap-hirap páhirapán

Related English Words:

cause difficulties cause someone difficulties difficulties give difficulties give someone a burden give a burden burden burdens burdened burdening torture torture someone tortures tortured torturing persecute persecute someone persecutes persecuted persecuting cause stress

Grammatical Ligature:

This word plus a grammatical ligature would be:
pahirapang

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