Usage Note
Haraya is a poetic and literary term for imagination or fancy, less commonly used in everyday speech than the Spanish-derived 'imahinasyon' but preferred in literature, poetry, and formal writing. It evokes vivid mental creativity and is associated with artistic expression in Filipino culture.
Examples
" Malawak ang haraya ng bata. "
Natural Translation
The child's imagination is vast.
Literal Translation
Vast the imagination of-the child.
" Gamitin mo ang iyong haraya. "
Natural Translation
Use your imagination.
Literal Translation
Use you the your imagination.
" Sa pamamagitan ng haraya, nakakalikha ang makata ng mga daigdig na hindi kailanman masisilayan ng mata ngunit tunay na nadarama. "
Natural Translation
Through imagination, the poet creates worlds that the eye can never behold but that are truly felt.
Literal Translation
By means of-the imagination, can-create the poet of worlds that not ever beheld by-the eye but truly felt.
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