Meaning of "drama"

drama •

n.
• • a play such as one sees in a theater: dula, drama

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act

n.
• • 1. an action: gawa
  • 2. doing or carrying out: akto, paggawa, pagsasagawa
  • 3. the act of a play or drama: yugto
  • 4. law, decree: batas

v.
• • 1. to do: kumilos
  • 2. to play the part of: gumanap (nang papel), ganapin (ang papel)
  • 3. to behave: kumilos, umanyo, mag-anyo
  • 4. to conduct ones self: mag-asal, umasal

stage

n.
• • 1. a platform, a flooring: plataporma
  • 2. a raised flooring in a theater on which the actors perform: entablado
  • 3. the theater, the drama, actors profession: teatro, tanghalan
  • 4. to be on the stage, to be an actor or actress: artista
  • 5. a scene of action: larangan, tanghalan
  • 6. a stagecoach: karwahe
  • 7. one step or degree in a process, a period of development: yugto, baitang, hakbang

v.
• • 1. to present on the stage: magtanghal, itanghal, magpalabas, palabasin, ilabas
  • 2. (verbal noun) staging, a presentation of: pagtatanghal, pagpapalabas

play

n.
• • 1. fun, sport, action to amuse oneself: laro, paglalaro
  • 2. a turn, move or act in a game as in chess and the like: sulong, tira
  • 3. a story acted on the stage: dula, drama, palabas
  • 4. a performance on a musical instrument: tugtog, pagtugtog
  • 5. an action: gawa, kagagawan
  • 6. gambling: sugal, pagsusugal, huwego, paghuhuwego

v.
• • 1. to have fun, to do something in sport: maglaro, laruin
  • 2. to gamble: magsugal, isugal, maghuwego, ihuwego
  • 3. to take part in a game: sumali sa laro, makipaglaro
  • 4. to play against, to compete: lumaban, labanan (sa laro), makipagpaligsahan (sa laro)
  • 5. to make music on an instrument, to make, give forth music, to produce as music: tumugtog, tugtugin
  • 6. to act a part, to act the part of: gumanap ng papel, ganapin ang papel
  • 7. to act carelessly, to do foolish things with something: paglaruan, laruin
  • 8. to play on, to take advantage of; make use of: magsamantala, pagsamantalahan, samantalahin

wakas

adj.
• • end, conclusion

v.
• • magwakas, wakasan (mag-:-an) to end, the final end, to conclude. Nagwakas na ang pinakikinggan kong drama. The drama I was listening to ended. Wakasan mo na ang iyong talumpati. Finish your speech.

dula

n.
• • drama, stage play [syn. drama]

batay

v.
• • ibatay (i-) to base on something. Ibinatay sa tula ni Rizal ang drama. The drama was based on Rizal's poem.