gulapay
gulápay with stress marks
difficulty moving (exhaustion)
Usage Note
Gulapay describes someone so exhausted, weak, or overcome that they can barely move — like collapsing or sprawling from fatigue. It is a vivid, expressive term used in literary Tagalog and informal speech to describe extreme physical weariness.
Examples
" Gulapay na ako sa pagod. "
Natural Translation
I'm limp with exhaustion.
Literal Translation
Limp-from-exhaustion already I in-the fatigue.
" Gulapay na siya sa pagod pagkatapos ng mahabang biyahe. "
Natural Translation
He/She was limp with exhaustion after the long journey.
Literal Translation
Limp-from-exhaustion already he/she in-the fatigue after the long journey.
" Pagkababa sa bundok, gulapay na ang buong grupo kaya napilitan silang magpahinga muna sa tabi ng daan. "
Natural Translation
After coming down the mountain, the whole group was limp with exhaustion, so they were forced to rest first by the roadside.
Literal Translation
Upon-descending from-the mountain, limp-from-exhaustion already the whole group so forced they to-rest first at-the side of-the road.
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