bitak
bítak with stress marks
fissure, crack
Usage Note
Bitak describes a crack or fissure on a surface — walls, floors, earth, or skin. Used literally for structural damage and figuratively to describe rifts in relationships. 'May bitak na ang kanilang pagkakaibigan' means their friendship has cracked.
Examples
" May bitak ang baso. "
Natural Translation
The glass has a crack.
Literal Translation
Has crack the glass.
" May bitak ang dingding dahil sa lindol. "
Natural Translation
The wall has a crack because of the earthquake.
Literal Translation
Has crack the wall because of-the earthquake.
" Lumalaki ang bitak sa pader tuwing umuulan, kaya nag-aalala kami na baka gumuho ang luma naming bahay. "
Natural Translation
The crack in the wall grows larger whenever it rains, so we worry that our old house might collapse.
Literal Translation
Grows the crack in wall whenever rains, so worrying we that maybe collapse the old our house.
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