Hiwahiwalay (en. Apart)

hi-wa-hi-wa-lay

Meaning & Definition

EnglishTagalog

verb

Dividing a group or community into smaller parts.

The final decision caused the organization to separate.

Ang huling desisyon ay nagdulot ng paghiwa-hiwalay ng samahan.

The action of separating or removing the connection of things or people.

They started to separate after the meeting.

Nagsimula na silang maghiwa-hiwalay pagkatapos ng pagpupulong.

From the word 'hiwa' meaning 'cut' or 'divide'.

separate ways

The paths of individuals with their own individual purposes diverge.

hiwalay na daan

cut

An action or result of cutting.

hiwa

scattered

Spread out or disconnected in an event.

sabog

scattered apart

It's like the group has split; we don't see each other anymore.

Parang naghiwalay na ang tropa, di na kami nagkikita.

drifted apart

Why do you seem to distance yourself from me? We’ve drifted apart.

Bakit parang nilayo mo na ako? Hiwahiwalay na tayo.

all left at the same time

So many of us went our separate ways; everyone just left at the same time.

Dami na natin hiwahiwalay, nagsabay-sabay na umalis ang lahat.