From root: gagamba
Usage Note
Bahay-gagamba is the standard Filipino compound for a spider's web or cobweb, literally translating as 'spider's house.' It is a neutral, everyday term used in both literal cleaning contexts and figurative descriptions of neglected or abandoned spaces.
Examples
" May bahay-gagamba sa sulok. "
Natural Translation
There's a spider web in the corner.
Literal Translation
Has spider-web at corner.
" Linisin mo ang bahay-gagamba sa sulok ng kwarto. "
Natural Translation
Clean the spider web in the corner of the room.
Literal Translation
Clean you the spider-web at the corner of the room.
" Matagal nang walang nakatira sa lumang bahay kaya puno na ito ng alikabok at bahay-gagamba. "
Natural Translation
No one has lived in the old house for a long time, so it's now full of dust and spider webs.
Literal Translation
Long-already none living in old house so full already it of dust and spider-web.
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