EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
schoolmate, classmate...
to charge interest, to lend money with interest...
to make something grow, to cultivate...
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.
/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.
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🇵🇭 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.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.