Pilipit (en. Crooked)

pi-li-pit

Meaning & Definition

EnglishTagalog

adjective

Bent or twisted shape.

The tree has branches that are crooked and not straight.

Ang puno ay may mga sanga na pilipit at di tuwid.

Not straight; a twisted or inverted flow.

This road is crooked so we need to be careful.

Ang daan na ito ay pilipit kaya't kailangan nating maging maingat.

Spanish: 'pilipitin'

twisted mind

A mind that is warped or has wrong thinking.

pilipit na isip

bent

Another form of the word meaning not straight.

baluktot

Pilipit means you are stuck and don't know where to go.

We're stuck here in traffic, we have nowhere to go.

Pilipit na kami dito sa traffic, wala na kaming mapuntahan.

Pilipit refers to a complicated or tangled situation.

Wow, the situation is so tangled, I don’t know what to do.

Grabe, ang pilipit ng sitwasyon, di ko na alam kung anong gagawin ko.

Pilipit can imply wasting time on circular discussions.

Here we go again, we're just wasting time talking.

Dito na naman tayo, pilipit na naman ang usapan; nagkukwentuhan lang tayo.