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Tagalog translation: pag-iisa (condition of being away from others)

10:43 Mar 23, 2002
English to Tagalog translations [Non-PRO]
English term or phrase: privacy
privacy is essential
kris
Tagalog translation:pag-iisa (condition of being away from others)
Explanation:
pagsasarili (condition of being independent).
In your context, "mahalaga ang pagsasarili".
The term can be made more specific. An exact correspondence is otherwise difficult.
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Parrot
Spain
Local time: 21:23
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4 +2pag-iisa (condition of being away from others)
Parrot
4pribiledad
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pag-iisa (condition of being away from others)


Explanation:
pagsasarili (condition of being independent).
In your context, "mahalaga ang pagsasarili".
The term can be made more specific. An exact correspondence is otherwise difficult.

Parrot
Spain
Local time: 21:23
Native speaker of: English
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agree  Marcus Malabad: but probably both words fail to capture the Western notion of "privacy as in condition of not being interfered with by others", probably stemming from the different concepts of space
59 mins
  -> Curious, we don't have a term, neither does Hindi (and in both cases you feel it). Everything - even joys and sorrows - is communal.
agree  Jake Estrada FCIL CL: "Mag-isa"/"pagsasarili" means "by your lonesome". Marcus is correct.I think this pertains more about being alone (per se) than having a secure sense of individual existence (the Western notion of privacy).IMHO it's the closest Tagalog translation there is
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pribiledad


Explanation:
Privacy-pribelidad means more likely have some privacy in your life or everyday life or everything in your life something like that in every different things

Jocelyn Miller
United States
Local time: 15:23
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