"Tigas" is a word in TAGALOG, CEBUANO
tigas
Definition: (adj) /ma--/ hard; tough; tenacious
tigas a {1} tough, fearless.
Tigas nà siya, dì madág hulgà, Hes tough and cannot be threatened.
{2} exceptionally good in s.t.
Tigas kaáyu nà siya mubaskitbul, Hes very good in playing bas-ketball.
v [B126; b6] {1} become tough or a toughie.
Matigas ba ang baklà?
Can a sissy become a tough guy?
{2} be exception-ally good in s.t.
Ang kaáyu níyang mulantúgì mauy nakatigas (nakapatigas) níyang abugádu, His skill in debate made him a very good lawyer.
paka- v [A13; a12] act like a tough, treat like a tough.
Ang tigas magpakatigas, A toughie will act like one.
patigastígas v [A13] pretend to be tough.
Nagpatigastígas uruy ang báyut, There goes the sissy pretending to be tough.
We decided to leave early, you wouldn't want to be there in the end, when the lights came on. You'd never sit down in here again. In a depressing shuffle we pushed to the door, now it was good to get up and out, while it was still a black hole, warm, and smokey, full of possibilities...
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