malarya
malárya with stress marks
malaria
Usage Note
Malarya is the Filipino adaptation of the disease name introduced via Spanish during the colonial period. It remains endemic in some forested and coastal provinces of the Philippines, and public health campaigns use the term widely in disease-prevention messaging.
Examples
" May malarya ang bata. "
Natural Translation
The child has malaria.
Literal Translation
Have malaria the child.
" Nakakatakot ang malarya. "
Natural Translation
Malaria is scary.
Literal Translation
Scary the malaria.
" Para maiwasan ang malarya, gumagamit ng kulambo ang mga taga-bukid tuwing gabi. "
Natural Translation
To avoid malaria, the rural folk use mosquito nets every night.
Literal Translation
To avoid the malaria, using of mosquito-net the rural-folk every night.
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