Meaning of "often"

often •

adv.
• • many times or frequently: malimit, madalas

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parrot

n.
• • a bird with a stout hooked bill and often with bright-colored feathers: loro

latch

n.
• • a catch for fastening a door, gate, window, etc., often one not needing a key: albada, tarangka, trangka

v.
• • to fasten with a latch: magaldaba, ialdaba, magtrangka, itrangka

beetle

n.
• • 1. a coconut beetle (large and black): uwang
  • 2. a greenish beetle with golden back: salaginto
  • 3. a beetle often found in mango trees: salagubang

frequent

adj.
• • happening often: malimit, madalas

v.
• • to frequent, to go often to: puntahan, madalas puntahan

periodical

adj.
• • periodic: paulit-ulit

n.
• • a magazine or newspaper that appears less often than daily: peryodiko, magasin, magasin, pahayagan

many

adj.
• • 1. marami
  • 2. very many: napakarami, maraming-marami
  • 3. many times, often, many a time: malimit, maraming ulit (beses)
  • 4. too many: labis-labis, sobra-sobra, masyadong marami
  • 5. twice as many: doble, dalawang-ibayo

what

pron.
• • 1. used in asking questions about persons or things: ano, anu-ano
  • 2. that which, anything that, any that: kung ano interj. "what" is often used to show surprise, liking, dislike, or other feeling: ano

lust

n.
• • 1. a strong desire (often in bad sense): kasakiman, katakawan
  • 2. the desire for indulgence of sex: libog, kalibugan

v.
• • to have a strong desire for sensual pleasure: malibugan luster

service

n.
• • 1. helpful act or acts, aid, being useful to others: serbisyo, paglilingkod, tulong, pagtulong
  • 2. performance of duties: paglilingkod
  • 3. advantage, benefit, use: pakinabang, kapakinabangan, buti, kabutihan
  • 4. religious meeting, religious ceremony: kulto
  • 5. the manner of serving food: serbisyo, pagsisilbi (ng pagkain)
  • 6. the food served: pagkain
  • 7. act or manner of putting a ball in play: serb, pagserb

v.
• • 1. to make fit for service: gumawa, gawin, magkumpuni, kumumpuni, kumpunihin
  • 2. at ones service, ready to do what one wants: nakalaan (nakahanda) sa paglilingkod
  • 3. of service, helpful or useful: nakatutulong, nakabubuti, mahalaga
  • 4. "the service" often means the army or navy: hukbong sandatahan
  • 5. the Civil Service: Serbisyo Sibil

instruction

n.
• • 1. teaching: turo, pagtuturo, aral
  • 2. instructions often means directions or orders: tagubilin, atas, utos, kautusan

please

v.
• • 1. to cause pleasure: makasiya, ikasiya, makalugod, ikalugod, makatuwa, ikatuwa, makagalak, ikagalak
  • 2. to give pleasure: magbigay-lugod, bigyang-lugod, magbigay-kasiyahan, bigyangkasiyahan, pasayahin, aliwin
  • 3. to be pleased, to be moved to pleasure: matuwa, masiyahan, malugod
  • 4. to have a preference, to like, to prefer: magkagusto, magustuhan, magkaibig, maibigan, mahiligan, magkahilig
  • 5. if you please, often means with your permission: kung papayag kayo, kung maaari sana, kung ipahihintulot ninyo, kung mamarapatin ninyo

haunt

v.
• • 1. to go often to, to visit frequently: dumalaw ng malimit, maglalagi, maglumagi
  • 2. to be often with: mamalagi, dumalaw na lagi
  • 3. to haunt the memory: sumaging lagi sa alaala

tuberculosis

n.
• • a disease affecting various tissues of the body but most often the lungs: tisis, sakit na tuyo, pagkatuyo, tibi, tuberkulosis

plague

n.
• • 1. a very dangerous disease that spreads rapidly and often causes death: salot, peste, piste
  • 2. a thing or person that torments, vexes, offends or is disagreeable: buwisit, peste, piste, salot

v.
• • to vex, to annoy, to bother: mambuwisit, buwisitin, mameste, pestihin, manggambala, gambalain, mangyamot, yamutin

kadalasan

adv.
• • (ka:-an) often, usually (from dalas). Kadalasan ay hindi siya nag-aalmusal. He does not have breakfast often.

dalas

adj.
• • madalas (ma-) often, frequent, regular. Madalas siyang mangumpisal. He confesses frequently.

palagi

adv.
• • always, often [var. lagi']

parati

adv.
• • always, all the time, again and again, perennial, often. Ako'y parating nahahabol. I'm often pursued.