Padespedidahan (en. Queue)

/padespe'didahan/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishTagalog

noun

A place where people wait for their turn.

Here at the queue, we are waiting for our flight.

Dito sa padespedidahan, nag-aantay kami ng aming lumilipad na eroplano.

A series of people or things arranged waiting to move or act.

There is a long queue at the store for purchasing new items.

May mahabang padespedidahan sa tindahan para sa pagbili ng mga bagong gamit.

A systematic way of organizing people or things to avoid disorder.

The queue is important in passenger stations.

Ang padespedidahan ay mahalaga sa mga pampasaherong istasyon.

in the queue

In a state of waiting.

nasa padespedidahan

long queue

A queue with many people.

mahabang padespedidahan

arrangement

The process of organizing people or things in a line or series.

pagsasaayos

wait

The act of waiting for something to arrive.

hintay

Lying or deceiving

Wow, he's at it again with the padespedidahan, it's like he never learns.

Grabe, padespedidahan na naman siya sa mga tao, parang di na natuto.

Current or indirect answering of a question

He didn't want to answer directly, just a lot of padespedidahan from him.

Ayaw direktang sumagot, puro padespedidahan lang ang inabot ko.

Using excuses

If he's got that kind of padespedidahan, I won't believe him.

Basta may padespedidahan siyang dala, hindi ko siya paniwalaan.