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wait in Tagalog

maghintay

/weɪt//weɪt/

wait in Tagalog: maghintay, paghihintay. In English, wait means to delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.

Tagalog words for wait

delay until some event
maghintay
a delay
paghihintay

English meaning of wait

  1. verb To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.
  2. verb To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment.
  3. verb To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by “wait for”.).
  4. verb To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect.

Full definition of wait

wait in a sentence

  • Wait here until your car arrives.
  • I’m still waiting for you to pay me back the money I lent you..
  • She used to wait in this joint.

Synonyms of wait

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Questions about wait in Tagalog

What is the meaning of wait in Tagalog?
Wait in Tagalog is maghintay, paghihintay.
Ano ang wait sa Tagalog?
Wait: maghintay, paghihintay.
What does wait mean in English?
Wait means to delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wait (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tagalog words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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