bagsak
Bikol Central edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *bag(ə)sak.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bagsák (Basahan spelling ᜊᜄ᜔ᜐᜃ᜔)
- a fall with a thud
- a crash (from something falling)
- Synonym: bangga
- (by extension) failure
- Synonym: lagpak
Derived terms edit
Cebuano edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Philippine *bag(ə)sak.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
bagsák
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Philippine *bag(ə)sak. Compare Bikol Central bagsak and Cebuano bagsak.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bagsák (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜄ᜔ᜐᜃ᜔)
- fall; drop; crash
- failure; downfall; defeat
- failing grade; failing mark
- May bagsak si Juan ngayong semestre.
- Juan has a failing mark this semester.
- bankruptcy
Adjective edit
bagsák (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜄ᜔ᜐᜃ᜔)
- fallen; knocked down
- having a failing grade; having a failing mark
- 1993, Tony Perez, Cubao pagkagat ng dilim: mga kuwentong kababalaghan, →ISBN:
- Nang ilabas ang resulta ng ibang exams, bagsak siya sa dalawa pang subject. Pumasa man siya sa sumunod na semestre'y di rin siya mabibilang sa graduates ng taong iyon.
- When the other exam results were released, he failed on two more subjects. Even where he passed in the following semester, he won't be able to graduate that year.
- destroyed; demolished; collapsed
- gusaling bagsak
- demolished building
- defeated; failed; unsuccessful
- bagsak na sistema
- failed system
- bankrupt
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “bagsak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018