Usage Note
Elaborasyon is used in academic and formal contexts to mean the act of developing or expanding on an idea in detail. Teachers frequently ask students for elaborasyon when answers are too brief, making it a common classroom term in the Philippines.
Examples
" Masakit ang aking ekstrimidad. "
Natural Translation
My limbs are painful.
Literal Translation
Painful the my extremity.
" Kailangan ng mas mahabang elaborasyon ang iyong sagot para malinaw. "
Natural Translation
Your answer needs a longer elaboration to be clear.
Literal Translation
Needs more-lengthy elaboration the your answer to be-clear.
" Sinabi ng doktor na dapat ingatan ang sirkulasyon sa ekstrimidad dahil dito unang nararamdaman ang epekto ng malamig na panahon. "
Natural Translation
The doctor said that circulation in the extremities should be cared for, because the effect of cold weather is felt there first.
Literal Translation
Said by-the doctor that should take-care the circulation in-the extremity because here first felt the effect of cold weather.
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