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		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.