baklas
baklás with stress marks
pry off, detach
Usage Note
Baklas means to forcibly pry off, detach, or pull something away from a surface — such as removing a stuck sticker, pulling up floorboards, or detaching a part from a machine. It implies some degree of force or effort. 'Ibaklas mo ang label' means 'pry off the label'.
Examples
" Baklasin mo ang lumang poster. "
Natural Translation
Pry off the old poster.
Literal Translation
Pry-off you the old poster.
" Nasaan ang baklas na bakal? "
Natural Translation
Where is the detached iron?
Literal Translation
Where the detach that iron?
" Kinailangan naming baklasin ang mga lumang tabla sa sahig dahil bulok na ang mga ito at delikado nang tapakan. "
Natural Translation
We had to pry off the old floorboards because they were already rotten and dangerous to step on.
Literal Translation
Needed by-us pry-off the old planks in floor because rotten already the these and dangerous now to-step-on.
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