"Padag-As" is a word in HILIGAYNON
padág-as - To compete, contend with, vie
with, strive with, exert oneself much in
order to outdo another. Padág-as
(magpadág-as) kitá kon sín-o ang maúna
makatápus. Let us see who will finish first.
(cf. pabákas, paindísíndis, paunáúna).
... My mother, daroga, my poor, unhappy mother would never... let me kiss her... She used to run away... and throw me my mask!... Nor any other woman... ever, ever!... Ah, you can understand, my happiness was so great, I cried. And fell at her feet, crying... and I kissed her feet... her little feet... crying. You're crying, too, daroga... and she cried also... the angel cried!...
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