laslas
gash; slash; ripped
Usage Note
Laslas describes a long cut or gash in skin or fabric, suggesting a clean slashing motion. It is used in medical contexts for lacerations and in everyday speech for ripped clothing. The reduplication reinforces the severity or completeness of the cut.
Examples
" May laslas sa kanyang braso. "
Natural Translation
There is a gash on his/her arm.
Literal Translation
Has gash on his/her arm.
" May laslas ang kanyang damit. "
Natural Translation
His clothes have a slash.
Literal Translation
Has slash the his clothes.
" Nang mahulog siya sa bakod na bakal, nagkaroon ng malalim na laslas ang kanyang binti na kailangang tahiin ng doktor. "
Natural Translation
When he/she fell on the metal fence, a deep gash formed on his/her leg that the doctor had to stitch.
Literal Translation
When fell he/she on fence that metal, had of deep gash the his/her leg that needed to-stitch of doctor.
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