layas
láyas with stress marks
run away; vagabond
Usage Note
Layas means to run away, flee, or wander without purpose. As an adjective it describes someone who is a vagrant or stray. It carries a slightly negative or pitying connotation and may be used to scold someone who keeps wandering off.
Examples
" Lumayas ang bata sa bahay. "
Natural Translation
The child ran away from home.
Literal Translation
Ran-away the child from house.
" Huwag kang lumayas nang walang pahintulot. "
Natural Translation
Don't run away without permission.
Literal Translation
Don't you run-away of without permission.
" Dahil sa palagiang pag-aaway nila, nagbanta ang kanyang kapatid na lumayas at hindi na babalik sa kanila. "
Natural Translation
Because of their constant fighting, his sibling threatened to run away and never come back to them.
Literal Translation
Because of constant fighting their, threatened the his sibling that run-away and not anymore will-return to them.
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