Usage Note
Sipra is borrowed from Spanish cifra, meaning cipher or figure, and is used in contexts involving coded messages, encryption, or secret writing. It is less common in everyday speech but appears in historical and literary texts referencing coded communication, and occasionally in academic discussions of cryptography.
Examples
" Sikreto ang sipra nila. "
Natural Translation
Their cipher is secret.
Literal Translation
Secret the cipher their.
" Mahirap basahin ang sipra na ito. "
Natural Translation
This code is hard to read.
Literal Translation
Hard to read the code this.
" Walang nakaintindi ng mensahe hangga't hindi nalutas ng dalubhasa ang lihim na sipra sa lumang liham. "
Natural Translation
No one understood the message until the expert solved the secret cipher in the old letter.
Literal Translation
None understood of message until not solved by expert the secret cipher in old letter.
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