gipuspos
gipúspos with stress marks
heavy heart, extreme sadness
Usage Note
Gipuspos describes a profound, oppressive sadness — a heaviness of heart that weighs on a person. It is more intense than common words for sadness like 'lungkot' and conveys a feeling of being crushed by grief or sorrow. The term is encountered mainly in literary and poetic Tagalog rather than casual conversation.
Examples
" Puno ng gipuspos ang puso niya. "
Natural Translation
Her heart is full of deep sorrow.
Literal Translation
Full of deep-sorrow the heart her.
" Puno ng gipuspos ang kanyang puso. "
Natural Translation
His/Her heart is full of extreme sadness.
Literal Translation
Full of extreme-sadness the his/her heart.
" Matapos mamatay ang kanyang ina, hindi maipaliwanag na gipuspos ang dinala niya sa loob ng maraming buwan. "
Natural Translation
After his mother died, he carried an inexplicable, crushing sorrow for many months.
Literal Translation
After died the his mother, not explainable that deep-sorrow the carried he in inside of many months.
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