Magpaliban (en. To defer)

maɡ.pa.li.ban

Meaning & Definition

EnglishTagalog

verb

To take steps to postpone something.

Let's defer the meeting until he returns.

Magpaliban tayo ng pulong hanggang sa makabalik siya.

An action of delaying or putting off the realization of something.

Due to bad weather, we had to postpone our trip.

Dahil sa masamang panahon, kinailangan naming magpaliban ng biyahe.

The acceptance of a condition that something will not be done at the agreed time.

They decided to postpone their wedding until next year.

Nagpasya silang magpaliban ng kanilang kasal sa susunod na taon.

from the root word 'paliban' meaning 'to defer' or 'to postpone'

to defer plans

to postpone scheduled tasks or activities

magpaliban ng mga plano

defer

The root word of 'magpaliban' meaning to wait or postpone something.

paliban

to reschedule

Let's postpone the meeting because my report isn't finished yet.

Magpaliban tayo ng meeting kasi hindi pa tapos ang report ko.

to delay

He said to just postpone the date because he’s not ready yet.

Sabi niya magpaliban na lang ng date kasi di pa siya ready.

to postpone

We need to postpone the outing because it's raining.

Kailangan nating magpaliban ng outing dahil umuulan.