salapsap
salapsáp with stress marks
superficiality; shallow wound; to pare/whittle
Usage Note
Salapsap can mean a shallow cut or graze on the skin, the act of paring or whittling something thin, or, figuratively, superficiality — dealing with things only at the surface level. The figurative use is common in critiques of shallow thinking or half-hearted effort.
Examples
" May salapsap siya sa tuhod. "
Natural Translation
He has a graze on his knee.
Literal Translation
There-is graze he on knee.
" May salapsap siya sa balat. "
Natural Translation
He/She has a shallow wound on the skin.
Literal Translation
There-is shallow-wound he/she on skin.
" Salapsap lang ang ginawa niyang pag-aaral, kaya hindi siya nakasagot nang maayos sa mga mahihirap na tanong. "
Natural Translation
His studying was only superficial, so he could not answer the difficult questions properly.
Literal Translation
Superficial only the did his studying, so not he could-answer properly to plural difficult linker question.
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