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This word is shared with British English. Course [18] — Academic degree. Shared with British English partly due to the Spanish word curso and its borrowed form in many Philippine languages. Cutex [10] — Nail polish. Dean's lister [39] — A person awarded a dean's list; Despedida party [7] [5] — A farewell party. The word despedida is a ...
An example is the Tagalog word libre, which is derived from the Spanish translation of the English word free, although used in Tagalog with the meaning of "without cost or payment" or "free of charge", a usage which would be deemed incorrect in Spanish as the term gratis would be more fitting; Tagalog word libre can also mean free in aspect of ...
The words Taglish and Englog are portmanteaus of the words Tagalog and English. The earliest use of the word Taglish dates back to 1973, while the less common form Tanglish is recorded from 1999. [1] Taglish is widely used in the Philippines, but is also used by Filipinos in overseas communities.
Tagalog profanity can refer to a wide range of offensive, blasphemous, and taboo words or expressions in the Tagalog language of the Philippines. Due to Filipino culture , expressions which may sound benign when translated back to English can cause great offense; while some expressions English speakers might take great offense to can sound ...
In the context of Philippine culture, the Tagalog word "kilig" refers to the feeling of excitement due to various love circumstances. [1] The term kilig can also refer to feeling butterflies in one's stomach, and the feeling of being flushed that only a certain person can make one feel. It is a romantic excitement. [2] [3]
Camps-Linney and Mackenzie begin, “We promise you: your dog isn’t giving you a hard time on purpose, they are probably having a hard time!”
Siyokoy is a term coined by Virgilio Almario that refers to Filipino-language hybrid words seemingly derived from both English and Spanish. [1] The Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino under the administration of Almario has considered siyokoy words to be improper and therefore its use discouraged.
This meteoric growth was sustained post-World War II, much further through Philippine mass media (e.g., newsprint, radio, television), where English also became the dominant language, [14] and by the ratification into the current Philippine Constitution in 1987, both Filipino and English were declared co-official languages, while removing ...