bakokang
bakokáng with stress marks
huge deep scar
Usage Note
Bakokang is a vivid descriptive term for a large, deep scar left by a serious wound or injury. It is used in informal and rural speech to describe prominent physical marks on the body, and is less clinical than medical terminology.
Examples
" May bakokang sa kanyang braso. "
Natural Translation
There is a huge deep scar on his arm.
Literal Translation
Has deep-scar on his arm.
" May malaking bakokang sa kanyang binti mula sa aksidente. "
Natural Translation
There is a huge deep scar on his/her leg from the accident.
Literal Translation
Has big deep-scar on his/her leg from the accident.
" Kahit ilang taon na ang nakalipas, hindi pa rin kumukupas ang bakokang na natamo niya noong sumabog ang makina sa pabrika. "
Natural Translation
Even though years have passed, the huge deep scar he got when the machine exploded at the factory still has not faded.
Literal Translation
Even how-many years already the passed, not still fades the deep-scar that gained he when exploded the machine at-the factory.
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