"Agad" is a word in TAGALOG, HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO

agad HILIGAYNON

Definition:

ágad - To serve, especially applied to
prospective husbands serving for their
betrothed. Nagapangágad na siá dídto. He
is serving there for his betrothed. May
batásan silá nga ang mga laláki
mangágad or magpangágad sa baláy
sang íla pangasáw-on (nga íla pangasáwan). They have the custom that the men
should serve in the house of their intended
wives (of their future parents-in-law). The
Freq. pangágad is mostly used; ágad
without the prefix pang occurs in
umágad—son-in-law.

agad HILIGAYNON

Definition:

agád - Notwithstanding, in spite of, still,
but yet, contrary to what one would expect,
in defiance of all one would be led to
believe. Nagpaninguhâ siá gid sa
pagmánggad, agád namúsmus siá. He
made great efforts to get rich, and yet he
became very poor. Agád ginamligán ko
ang ákon pagtikáng sa madánlug nga
dálan, tapát gánì nakadúpyas akó.
Although I carefully picked my steps on the
slippery road, yet I slipped. Agád
ginahingabút ang Sánta Iglesia sang íya
mga kaáway, tapát gánì nagadúgang ang
mga tumulóo. In spite of the fact that Holy
Church is being persecuted by her enemies,
her faithful adherents increase. Agád
nahúlug akó. In spite of all I fell down.
Agád napatáy siá! Yet he died! Who would
have thought that he would die! (cf. tapát,
hinonó-o).

agad TAGALOG

Definition:

agad
Definition: (adv) at once, soon, immediately, right away, promptly
Examples: Tumakbo siya agad. (He ran at once.)

agad CEBUANO

Definition:

agad ug, y it would be a good thing if such-and-such were the case.
Agad pag magtuun ka imbis magdúlà, It would be better for you to study instead of playing.
Agad pa untay nagduktur ka sa kaping mag-abugádu, It would have been nice if you had become a doctor instead of a lawyer.
nga it was good enough as it was before a change took place.
Agad siyang natúlug, ngánu pa mang ímung gipúkaw?
He was doing all right sleeping.
What did you have to go and wake him up for?

agad CEBUANO

Definition:

ágad = alágad.
paN- v [A2; b6] for a prospective bridegroom to stay in the girls place just prior to the marriage ceremony in order to serve the family.
Pangagáran úsà nímu ang ginikánan arun kauyúnan ka níla, You serve the girls parents so that they will come to like you.
-um-n son-in-law.
v [A23S; a12] take as a son-in-law.
umagarun n prospective son-in-law.

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