EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
brittle, fragile...
torpedo (weapon)...
to sabotage a courtship...
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/ga-PAK/
FIL: Tumutukoy sa isang bagay na marupok, madaling masira, o magkalamat.
EN: brittle, fragile
Describes something that's one wrong move away from shattering. Like dry, old wood, cheap plastic toys from Divisoria, or your patience during a traffic jam on EDSA. 'Huwag mong hawakan 'yan, gapak na.' (Don't touch that, it's brittle.)
The pronunciation shifts stress to the last syllable (/ga-PAK/) when used as an adjective, differentiating it from the noun (/GA-pak/).
🇵🇭 Naging gapak ang mga lumang dokumento dahil sa katagalan.
🇺🇸 The old documents became brittle due to age.
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