EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
schoolmate, classmate...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/ka-es-KWE-la/
FIL: Isang tao na kasama o kasabay sa pag-aaral sa isang paaralan o klase.
EN: schoolmate, classmate
Your fellow student, the one you copy notes from, the group project member who either does all the work or none at all. Your 'batchmate.' You share the same trauma from surprise quizzes and terror teachers.
From ka- (denoting companionship) + eskuwela (school, from Spanish 'escuela').
ROOT MEANING: school
Can refer to someone in the same class ('kaklase') or just someone who attends the same school.
🇵🇭 Si Maria ay dati kong kaeskuwela noong high school.
🇺🇸 Maria was my former schoolmate in high school.
🇵🇭 Nagkita-kita ang mga dating kaeskuwela sa isang reunion.
🇺🇸 The old schoolmates saw each other at a reunion.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.