hirap

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Tagalog

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hidap (“to suffer, bear hardships”) (cf. Pangasinan irap (“hardships, torment”), Indonesian idap or Malay hidap (“protraction (of illness or sorrow)”).

Pronunciation

Noun

hirap (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜇᜉ᜔)

  1. difficulty; hardship (of a task or action)
    Antonyms: alwan, dali
  2. poverty
    Synonyms: dalita, karalitaan, karukhaan, pagdarahop, pamumulubi
    Antonyms: yaman, ginhawa, diwasa, kariwasaan
  3. suffering; affliction
    Synonyms: pagtitiis, dusa, pagdurusa
    Antonyms: alwan, gaan, ginhawa
  4. (medicine) childbirth pains or labor

Derived terms

Adjective

hiráp (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜇᜉ᜔)

  1. poor; indigent; destitute; needy
    Synonyms: dukha, maralita, mahirap, pobre
    Antonyms: mayaman, mariwasa
  2. tired; weary; exhausted
    Synonyms: pagod, napapagod, hapo
  3. overburdened, burdened with too much work
    Synonyms: matrabaho, tigib

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “hirap”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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