Meaning of "bilangguan"

bilangguan •

n.
• • prison [syn. bilibid ]

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prison

n.
• • 1. a place where one is shut up against his will: bilangguan, piitan, kulungan, karsel, kalaboso
  • 2. the state penitentiary of the Philippines: bilibid

commit

v.
• • 1. to give in trust: magkatiwala, ipagkatiwala
  • 2. to bind or involve (oneself) in any course of action, to pledge: mangako, ipangako, magpasiya, ipasiya
  • 3. to commit to jail: ibilanggo, ipabilanggo, ipasok sa bilangguan, ikulong
  • 4. to commit to an institution: ipasok, ikulong

jail

n.
• • prison: bilangguan, bilibid, piitan, kulungan, kalaboso, preso

v.
• • to put in jail: magbilanggo, mabilanggo, ibilanggo, magbilibid, mabilibid, ibilibid, magkalabos, makalabos, ikalabos jam (1)

v.
• • 1. to press or squeeze tightly between surfaces (commonly used in the passive): maipit, mapasingit
  • 2. to push or thrust a thing hard into a place: magsiksik, isiksik, siksikan, magpasak, ipasak, pasakan
  • 3. to become caught so that it cannot work, as a machine, stick fast: magpalya, pumalya
  • 4. to fill or block up the way by crowding: magbara, bumara, makabara, mabarahan, barahan, humarang, makaharang, maharangan, harangan

cell

n.
• • 1. a prison cell: silid-piitan, silid sa bilangguan
  • 2. a small room as in a convent: selda
  • 3. a plant or animal cell: selula

bilibid

n.
• • prison [syn. bilangguan] ibilibid (i-)

v.
• • to tie around a twine or cord several times, to bind, to imprison. Ibilibid mo ang lubid sa poste. Tie the rope around the post.