Katay (en. Slaughter)

ka-ta-y

Meaning & Definition

EnglishTagalog

verb

An action of killing or cutting an animal for food.

Before cooking the meat, the pig needs to be slaughtered first.

Bago magluto ng karne, kailangan munang katayin ang baboy.

An action of torturing or killing a person or animal.

Sometimes slaughter happens to defenseless people.

Minsan nangyari ang katay sa mga taong walang kalaban-laban.

Derived from the root 'katay' meaning to cut or to kill.

slaughter of an animal

the act of slaughtering an animal to obtain meat.

katay sa hayop

butchering

Also refers to the animal in the process of being slaughtered.

katay-katay

to kill

Kill that before we get caught.

Katay mo na 'yan bago pa tayo mahuli.

chaos

The situation has gone chaotic inside the class.

Nagkatay na ang sitwasyon sa loob ng class.

to turn on each other

I'm running because they might turn on each other.

Tinatakbo ko na yan, kasi baka magkatay silang lahat.