rehas
réhas with stress marks
bar; rail
Usage Note
Rehas is a Spanish loanword from 'rejas' referring to the metal bars installed on windows and doors as a security measure — an extremely common feature of Filipino homes and buildings. The word is familiar to virtually all Tagalog speakers as a practical everyday term.
Examples
" May rehas ang bintana namin. "
Natural Translation
Our window has bars.
Literal Translation
Has bars the window our.
" Pumunta siya sa likod ng rehas. "
Natural Translation
He/She went behind the bars.
Literal Translation
Went he/she to back of bars.
" Naglagay sila ng matibay na rehas sa lahat ng bintana para hindi madaling makapasok ang magnanakaw. "
Natural Translation
They installed sturdy bars on all the windows so that thieves could not easily get in.
Literal Translation
Placed they of sturdy bars in all of window so-that not easily able-to-enter the thief.
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