paatras
paátras with stress marks
backward
From root: atras
Usage Note
Paatras is derived from atras with the directional prefix pa-, used to describe movement or direction going backward. It works for both physical movement and figurative regression, making it useful across a wide range of everyday and rhetorical contexts.
Examples
" Umupo ka nang paatras. "
Natural Translation
Sit down facing backward.
Literal Translation
Sit you in backward.
" Naglakad sila nang paatras dahil sa takot. "
Natural Translation
They walked backward because of fear.
Literal Translation
Walked they in backward because of fear.
" Sa halip na umunlad, paatras na ang takbo ng aming negosyo dahil sa patuloy na pagtaas ng presyo ng bilihin. "
Natural Translation
Instead of progressing, our business is going backward because of the continuous rise in the price of goods.
Literal Translation
Instead of progress, backward already the run of our business because of continuous rise of price of goods.
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