What do you mean by the cebuano term "hilas"?

Question

what do you mean by that?

Answer 1

too hair raising.

Answer 2

Like when the kids see their parents in bed together or kissing or something.

Answer 3

It means repugnance.  Something distasteful that causes you to raise your eyebrows in: question, wonder, disbelief or smirk.

It is a Cebuano/Visayan word  only understood by those who speak the language.  Not understood by the Tagalogs or any dialect in the country.

Edit: like your name, Esoj B.  When taken in context in the Cebuano dialect, it means brave or strong.

Answer 4

ka-hilas would mean "hair-prickling",as in hair-prickling behavior, as in seeing something that makes your body hair stand in shame, disgust or other weird emotion.

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yeah, it's unique to Cebuano. It still hasn't find its way to mainstream Filipino vocabulary.

Answer 5

It means that, you are not in the position to say or do it.