Meaning of "late"

late •

adj.
• • 1. delayed: naantala, nabalam, huli, nahuli
  • 2. recent: nakaraan, dumaan, kararaan, huli, di pa natatagalan
  • 3. recently dead: nasira (fig), yumao, namatay
  • 4. to be late in the morning: tanghaliin, matanghalian, tanghali na
  • 5. to be late in the evening: gabihin, magabihan, gabi na

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oil

n.
• • 1. a thick fatty or greasy liquid: langis
  • 2. crude oil: langis na krudo

v.
• • 1. to put oil in or on: maglangis, langisan, maglagay (lagyan) ng langis
  • 2. to burn the midnight oil, to study or work late or during the night: magsunog ng kilay, maglamay sa (ng) pag-aaral (pagtratrabaho)

tardy

adj.
• • 1. late, behid time: huli, atrasado
  • 2. slow: makupad, mabagal

tanghali

adj.
• • late (time), not early adv. late, high noon, midday tanghalian (-an)

n.
• • lunch, noon meal

v.
• • mananghali (mang-) to have lunch. Nananghali ka na ba? Did you have lunch already?

hatinggabi

adv.
• • late, midnight

lamay

n.
• • funeral wake, vigil

v.
• • maglamay, lamayin (mag-:-in) to keep vigil, to stay awake all night. Lalamayin ko ang trabaho ko. I'll stay up late with my work.

huli

adj.
• • late, tardy, last mahuli (ma-)

v.
• • to be late or tardy. Dali ka at baka ka mahuli! Hurry up or you might be late.

v.
• • humuli (-um-) to catch, to arrest, to apprehend manghuli, hulihin (mang-:-in)

v.
• • to catch someone, to chase after someone. Nanghuli siya ng masasamang tao. He caught bad people.

atrasado

Sp adj.
• • late, slow

tagal

adj.
• • matagal (ma-) late, that takes a long time, for a long period of time

v.
• • tumagal (-um-) to endure, to withstand. Tumagal siya sa hirap. He withstood the hardship.

v.
• • magtagal (mag-) to take a long time, to stay long. Huwag kang magtagal. Don't be long.