lapida
lápida with stress marks
gravestone; tombstone
Usage Note
Lapida is a Spanish loanword (from lápida) for a tombstone or memorial tablet. Visiting and cleaning family tombs during Undas — All Saints' and All Souls' Days — is a major Filipino cultural tradition, making lapida a familiar and culturally significant word.
Examples
" Malinis ang lapida ngayon. "
Natural Translation
The gravestone is clean now.
Literal Translation
Clean the gravestone now.
" Bago ang lapida. "
Natural Translation
The gravestone is new.
Literal Translation
New the gravestone.
" Tuwing Undas, nililinis namin ang lapida ng lolo at sinisindihan ng mga kandila bilang pag-alaala. "
Natural Translation
Every All Souls' Day, we clean Grandfather's gravestone and light candles in remembrance.
Literal Translation
Every Undas, clean we the gravestone of grandfather and light of candles as remembrance.
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