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Vowel changes can be observed to some of the Spanish words upon adoption into the Filipino language, such as an /i/ to /a/ vowel shift observed in the Filipino word pamintá, which came from the Spanish word pimienta, [5] and a pre-nasal /e/ to /u/ vowel shift observed in several words such as unanò (from Sp. enano) and umpisá (from Sp. empezar).
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 borrowing from Spanish. Can simply be called a despedida.
Tagalog; ไทย; Türkçe ... Lists of Spanish words of foreign origin (16 P) Pages in category "Lists of loanwords" The following 32 pages are in this category ...
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from Spanish tan galán meaning "so gallant (looking)"; alternate theory is the gallon of Texas English here is a misunderstanding of galón meaning braid temblor Spanish for trembling, or earthquake; from temblar, to shake, from Vulgar Latin *tremulāre, from Latin tremulus tequila from tequila, from the town Tequila, where the beverage originated
The use of the word katarungan in the Filipino language is one of the proofs that Filipino is not Tagalog; Academicians in Filipino, particularly from the University of the Philippines, stress that as a national language, Filipino continues and ought to use and incorporate words from various languages of the Filipinos to become a true national ...
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The word calque is a loanword, while the word loanword is a calque: calque comes from the French noun calque ("tracing; imitation; close copy"); [5] while the word loanword and the phrase loan translation are translated from German nouns Lehnwort [6] and Lehnübersetzung (German: [ˈleːnʔybɐˌzɛt͡sʊŋ] ⓘ). [7]