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Tagalog
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saɡˈlet/, (colloquial)
- Hyphenation: sag‧lit
Noun
saglít (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜄ᜔ᜎᜒᜆ᜔)
- instant; brief moment
- Synonym: sandali
- Bigyan mo ako ng isang saglit at magpapalit lang ako ng damit. ― Give me one moment and I’ll just change (my) clothes.
- Saglit ko lang nilunok ang kapsulang pandiyeta. ― It only takes a moment to take the diet capsule.
- second (1/60 of a minute)
- Synonyms: segundo, (uncommon) sandali
- going in a hurry for a very short time (to a certain person or place)
- Synonym: pagsaglit
Derived terms
Adjective
saglít (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜄ᜔ᜎᜒᜆ᜔)
- brief; for a short while
- Synonym: sandali
- Nagmeryenda lang ako nang saglit bago ako bumalik sa trabaho. ― I had a brief snack before I went back to work.