Digress to Diligent

Note that this dictionary contains English, Spanish and Tagalog words from the early 20th century, quite a few of which are obsolete. The spelling and meaning of the words herein may be slightly different from current usage. Still, we believe this is a useful reference especially for those studying Philippine literature and documents from that period.

Digress, v. [digrés]
Hacer digresión, extraviarse.
Magpasikotsikot; lumayô, lumihís humiwalay.

Digression, n. [digrécion]
Digresión; desvio, separacion.
Pagpapasikotsikot; paglihis, paglayô, paghiwalay.

Dike, n. [dáik]
Dique, malecon.
Pilapil, hádlang̃an ng̃ tubig. PILAPIL = small dike

Dilapidate, v. [dilápidet]
Dilapidar, destruir.
Sumirà; sirain.

Dilapidation, n. [dilapidécien]
Dilapidacion, destruccion.
Pagsirà, pagkasirà.

Dilate, v. [dilét]
Dilatar (se), extender (se).
Lumapad; laparan; lumwang; lwang̃an; humabà, habaan.

Dilation, n. [dilécion]
Dilacion.
Paglapad, paglwang, paghabà.

Dilatory, adj. [dilétori] prone to tardiness, delay
Tardo, lento, dilatario.
Makupad, makuyad, mabagal.

Diligence, n. [dílidchens]
Diligencia, aplicacion.
Sipag, kasipagan.

Diligent, adj. [dílidchent]
Diligente, aplicado.
Masipag.

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