Meaning of "pares"

pares •

adj.
• • even, paired, similar, equal to, like

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even

adj.
• • 1. level, flat: patag, pantay
  • 2. equal, no more or less than: pareho, magkapareho, magkakapareho, magkasindami, magkakasindami
  • 3. can be divided by
  • 2. without a remainder: pares
  • 4. at the same level: kapantay, kasimpantay, kasintaas

v.
• • to make flat or level: magpantay, pantayin, magpatag, patagin adv. 1. as used in the phrases "even though" and "even if": kahit, kahit na, kahiman
  • 2. even when, at the very time: noon pa man, kahit noon pa man
  • 3. even so: kahit na, gayon pa man, maski na
  • 4. to break even, neither to lose nor to win: makatabla, makapatas, makapareho, di matalot di manalo
  • 5. to get even with, to take revenge: gumanti, maghiganti

match

n.
• • 1. a person or thing equal to another or much like another, an equal: kapareho, kasukat
  • 2. a pair that fit: pareha, tambal, pares
  • 3. a person considered as a possible husband or wife: magaling (kabagay) na maging kabiyak, bagay na maging asawa (na mapangasawa)

v.
• • 1. to find the equal of or one exactly like: magpareha, ipareha
  • 2. to be similar, go well together: bumagay, magkabagay, tumugma, magkatugma, umagpang, magkaagpang
  • 3. to be equal to in a contest: pumantay, pantayan, ipantay, pumareho, parehuhan, ipareho
  • 4. to put or place the equal amount or value: tumumbas, tumbasan, pumantay, pantayan
  • 5. to try ones skill, strength, etc., against, oppose: lumaban, labanan, ilaban

pair

n.
• • 1. a set of two, two that go together: pares, paris, pareha
  • 2. a single thing that cannot be used separately: In Tagalog this is rendered by the simple singular name of the subject. E.g. a "pair of scissors" or "scissors" are both expressed as gunting.
  • 3. two people who are married: mag-asawa, magkabiyak
  • 4. two people who are engaged to be married: magkatipan, magnobyo
  • 5. two animals or birds that are mated: mag-asawa, pares

v.
• • 1. to arrange or be arranged in pairs: magpareha, ipareha, pagparehahin, magpares, ipares, magtambal, itambal, pagtambalin
  • 2. to mate: magpareha, ipareha
  • 3. to pair off, to arrange in pairs or form into pairs: magpareha, pagparehahin, magtambal, pagtambalin