kapahamakan
kapahamakán with stress marks
disaster, injury, misfortune
Usage Note
Kapahamakan is derived from pahama and refers to serious misfortune, harm, or calamity — often with a sense of moral consequence or preventable tragedy. It appears frequently in cautionary speech and formal contexts, carrying a weightier tone than simple words for accident or bad luck.
Examples
" Iwasan natin ang kapahamakan. "
Natural Translation
Let us avoid disaster.
Literal Translation
Avoid we the disaster.
" Ang kalikasan ay nagbibigay ng kapahamakan kapag hindi pinahalagahan. "
Natural Translation
Nature brings disaster when it is not valued.
Literal Translation
The nature gives disaster when not valued.
" Kung hindi tayo mag-iingat sa kalsada, maaari tayong mapariwara at masangkot sa malaking kapahamakan na hindi na mababawi. "
Natural Translation
If we are not careful on the road, we may come to ruin and be involved in a great disaster that can no longer be undone.
Literal Translation
If not we will-be-careful on-the road, may we be-ruined and be-involved in big disaster that not anymore can-be-undone.
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