Meaning of "piraso"

piraso •

n.
• • a piece

v.
• • pumiraso (-um-) to break a piece from. Pumiraso ka sa tinapay ko. Break a piece off from my bread.

v.
• • magpiraso, pirasuhin (mag-:-in) to break into pieces. Pirasuhin mo ang tinapay. Cut the bread into small pieces.

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sheet

n.
• • 1. a large piece of linen or cotton cloth used to sleep on or under: kumot
  • 2. a broad thin piece of anything: piraso, pohas
  • 3. a single piece of paper: pilyego, pilas

slice

n.
• • a thin, wide piece cut from bread, meat, etc.: hiwa, putol, piraso

v.
• • 1. to cut into slices: maghiwa (hiwain) nang maninipis o palapad, paghiwa-hiwain, magpiraso, pirasuhin, pagpira-pirasuhin
  • 2. to cut into thin pieces: maggayat, gayatin
  • 3. to cut off: magputol, putulin

cut

n.
• • 1. a gash or incision: hiwa, sugat
  • 2. wound made by a "bolo": taga
  • 3. a piece that has been cut off: hiwa, piraso, putol
  • 4. reduction: bawas
  • 5. cut of a dress: tabas
  • 6. cut made by a scissors: gupit
  • 7. a very slight cut, scratch: galos, gasgas

v.
• • 1. to make an incision: humiwa, mahiwa, hiwain
  • 2. to cut with a "bolo": tumaga, mataga, tagain
  • 3. to cut down or to cut off: pumutol, putulin
  • 4. to cut down a banana plant or to cut off a bunch of the fruit: tumiba, tibain
  • 5. to cut into pieces: magputul-putol, pagputulputulin, paghiwa-hiwain
  • 6. to cut with scissors: maggupit, gumupit, gupitin, gupitan
  • 7. to cut off the head: pumugot, pugutan, pugutin
  • 8. to reduce: magbawas, bumawas, bawasan
  • 9. to divide: maghati, humati, hatiin, bahaginin, pagbahabahaginin
  • 10. to cut out a dress: tumabas, matabas, tabasin

piece

n.
• • 1. a bit, scrap, one of the parts into which a thing is divided: piraso
  • 2. a limited part: kapiraso, bahagi, kaputol
  • 3. a small quantity: kapiraso, kaputol, kaunti, katiting
  • 4. to give a person a piece of ones mind, to scold him: murahin, pagsabihan, kagalitan

portion

n.
• • 1. a part of share: bahagi, kabahagi, parte, parte
  • 2. quantity of food served to one person: plato
  • 3. a bit, a part: piraso, kapiraso, kaputol

v.
• • to divide into shares or parts: magbahagi, bahagihin, magparte, partihin, maghati-hati, paghati-hatiin