dilat
dílat with stress marks
act of opening the eyes
Also means
Dilat can also be used as an adjective meaning wide-eyed or awake when stressed on the last syllable as dilát.
Usage Note
Dilat refers to the act of opening or widening the eyes, used both literally and figuratively. The expression magdilat ng mata urges someone to open their eyes wide — often meaning to become aware or enlightened — and is common in colloquial speech calling for attentiveness.
Examples
" Ang dilat ng mata niya. "
Natural Translation
The opening of his eyes.
Literal Translation
The opening of eye his.
" Ang dilat ng mata niya ay nakakatakot. "
Natural Translation
The opening of his/her eyes is scary.
Literal Translation
The open-eye of eye his/her is scary.
" Sa dilat ng kanyang mga mata pagkagising, agad niyang naalala ang lahat ng nangyari noong nakaraang gabi. "
Natural Translation
Upon the opening of his eyes after waking, he immediately remembered everything that happened the previous night.
Literal Translation
In opening of his (plural) eye upon-waking, immediately he remembered the all that happened that-past night.
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