From root: payat
Usage Note
Kapayatan refers to the physical state or quality of being thin. For example, her thinness is due to lack of sleep (Ang kanyang kapayatan ay dahil sa puyat).
Examples
" Nag-aalala kami sa kanyang kapayatan. "
Natural Translation
We are worried about his thinness.
Literal Translation
Worrying we about his thinness.
" Ang kapayatan ay hindi problema. "
Natural Translation
Thinness is not a problem.
Literal Translation
The thinness is not problem.
" Hindi lamang sa diyeta, kundi sa sobrang trabaho rin nakaugat ang kapayatan na napansin ng kanyang mga kasama. "
Natural Translation
The thinness that his colleagues noticed was rooted not only in dieting, but also in overwork.
Literal Translation
Not only in diet, but in too-much work also rooted the thinness that noticed of his companions.
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