Katiyapin (en. To guarantee)

/ka.ti.ya.pin/

Synonyms

Quick to give up or back down in a fight.

Why did you back out? You're like a quitter!

Bakit ka kaya umayaw? Para kang katiyapin!

Weak-hearted or easily frightened.

I told him he could do it, but he's so timid.

Sabi ko sa kanya na kaya niya 'yan, pero katiyapin kasi siya.

Always thinking negatively.

Maybe he's really a pessimist, he always tells me 'you can't do it.'

Baka nga siya yata'y katiyapin, lagi na lang niya akong sinasabi na 'hindi mo kaya'.