gasgas

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gasgas (“rub, abrade”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɡasˈɡas/ [ɡɐsˈɡas]
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: gas‧gas

Adjective

gasgás (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜐ᜔ᜄᜐ᜔)

1. scraped; scratched; made thin; worn out (due to friction or constant use)

   Synonyms: kaskas, dasdas, kakas

2. hoarse (of one's voice)

   Synonyms: paos, malat

3. (figurative) overused; cliché

   Synonym: korni

Derived terms

• gasgasan
• gasgasin
• gumasgas
• magasgas
• paggasgas
• pagkagasgas

Noun

gasgás (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜐ᜔ᜄᜐ᜔)

1. portion of an object that was scraped, made thin, or worn out (due to friction or constant use)
2. (medicine) abrasion

   Synonym: galos

3. act of applying friction to make an object scraped, made thin, or worn out (due to friction or constant use)

See also

• galasgas
• kaskas
• yasyas

Further reading

• “gasgas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*gasgas”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• sagsag