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20:30 May 10, 2007

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Tagalog to English translations [Non-PRO]
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Tagalog term or phrase: nanggigigil

what is the english translation of nanggigigil?

thanks!

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Summary of answers provided

3 +2

thrilled

Leny Beraud

thrilled with excitement / seething with anger

Cesar Baluyut

Answers

47 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

thrilled

Explanation:
translation would depend on the context....
nanggigigil ba sa galit or nanggigigil as in 'thrilled'?

nanggigigil = trembling because of emotion / feeling thrilled

gigil (according to L. English)
= "tremble or thrill from some irrepressible emotion."
= "gritting of the teeth because of suppressed anger"

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Note added at 12 hrs (2007-05-11 09:26:32 GMT)
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I just can't find the equivalent of nanggigigil in English....

Nakakagigil ang bata.... The baby is ***so irresistible**.

Irresistibe: "overpoweringly attractive; 'irresistible beauty' "; lovable; incapable of being resisted or withstood

Leny Beraud
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Notes to answerer

Asker: the sentence would be: nakakagigil ang bata, ang cute cute.

36 days confidence:

thrilled with excitement / seething with anger

Explanation:
The word 'nanggigigil' alone does not give a complete though unless there is a pretense to its use. It can be used both positively and negatively. For it to give its essence you would have to be reading or watching a dialogue wherein the term is expressed. Still it will be used as a phrase and not as a single word.

-If you were to use this term positively then you should say "thrilled with excitement" or "with joy/happiness/anything positive".

-If you were to use this term negatively then you should say "seething with anger" or "with rage/ spite/anything negative".
Other relative probabilities you can use here are: 'fuming' 'teeming' even 'fretting'. Again, it's a matter of style from hereon.

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Note added at 36 days (2007-06-16 12:11:15 GMT)
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Examples:
Dan had to calm me down because I was seething with anger after being rear-ended.

On the sixth round, Pacquiao came out teeming with rage.

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Note added at 38 days (2007-06-18 04:28:12 GMT)
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The sample sentence with Emily shows that the word "thrill' does not really reflect the term 'nanggigigil'... my apologies.

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