TIGAS
TIGAS is a Cebuano word. In English, it means...
tigas a {1} tough, fearless.
Tigas nà siya, dì madág hulgà, Hes tough and cannot be threatened.
{2} exceptionally good in s.t.
Tigas kaáyu nà siya mubaskitbul, Hes very good in playing bas-ketball.
v [B126; b6] {1} become tough or a toughie.
Matigas ba ang baklà?
Can a sissy become a tough guy?
{2} be exception-ally good in s.t.
Ang kaáyu níyang mulantúgì mauy nakatigas (nakapatigas) níyang abugádu, His skill in debate made him a very good lawyer.
paka- v [A13; a12] act like a tough, treat like a tough.
Ang tigas magpakatigas, A toughie will act like one.
patigastígas v [A13] pretend to be tough.
Nagpatigastígas uruy ang báyut, There goes the sissy pretending to be tough.
Tigas nà siya, dì madág hulgà, Hes tough and cannot be threatened.
{2} exceptionally good in s.t.
Tigas kaáyu nà siya mubaskitbul, Hes very good in playing bas-ketball.
v [B126; b6] {1} become tough or a toughie.
Matigas ba ang baklà?
Can a sissy become a tough guy?
{2} be exception-ally good in s.t.
Ang kaáyu níyang mulantúgì mauy nakatigas (nakapatigas) níyang abugádu, His skill in debate made him a very good lawyer.
paka- v [A13; a12] act like a tough, treat like a tough.
Ang tigas magpakatigas, A toughie will act like one.
patigastígas v [A13] pretend to be tough.
Nagpatigastígas uruy ang báyut, There goes the sissy pretending to be tough.