Mapatulak (en. To be pushed)

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Meaning & Definition

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verb

The act of pushing or urging someone to do something.

He was pushed to join their projects.

Mapatulak siya na sumali sa kanilang mga proyekto.

Encouraging someone to do something for good reasons.

You need to push your friend to do good.

Kailangan mo nang mapatulak ang iyong kaibigan na gumawa ng mabuti.

from the root 'patulak' meaning 'to push or encourage'.

to be pushed to charity

to urge people to do good in society

mapatulak sa kawanggawa

pushing

An action related to applying force to move something in a specific direction.

patulak

quick departure or running away

Come on, let's keep going. We might get pushed by traffic.

Sige, patuloy na lang tayo. Baka mapatulak tayo ng traffic.

swift action, usually referring to response

We should be quick to respond to emergencies.

Dapat maging mapatulak tayo sa mga emergency.

forced to act due to circumstances

I felt like I was just pushed into making this decision.

Parang napatulak na lang ako sa desisyong ito.