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Ikinadena siya ng ama niya para pigilan siya.

Tagalog example sentence for Pigilan


Example sentence for the Tagalog word pigilan, meaning: [verb] to prevent something; to stop someone/something; to hold something back; to block something; to prevent something; to hinder something.

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Ikinadena siyá ng amá niyá para pigilan siyá.
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His father bound him with chains to hold him back.

Sentence Literal Translation:

Ikinadena siya ng ama niya para pigilan siya.
Ikinadena siyá ng amá niyá para pigilan siyá .
chained he / she / it by father his / her / its in order to hold back him / her / it
His father bound him with chains to hold him back.

There are 13 other example sentences using the word pigilan or its variants.
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