tagas
tagás with stress marks
a leak or oozing
Usage Note
Tagas describes liquid seeping through a crack, hole, or porous surface. It is used for leaking roofs, pipe seepage, or any slow oozing of fluid. In informal speech it can also be used figuratively to describe information leaking out or a secret being revealed.
Examples
" May tagas ang bubong namin. "
Natural Translation
Our roof has a leak.
Literal Translation
Has leak the roof our.
" May tagas ang tubo ng tubig. "
Natural Translation
The water pipe has a leak.
Literal Translation
Has leak the pipe of water.
" Bago pa man kumalat ang balita sa midya, may tagas na ng impormasyon mula sa loob ng opisina. "
Natural Translation
Even before the news spread in the media, there was already a leak of information from inside the office.
Literal Translation
Before even spread the news in media, has leak already of information from inside of office.
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