EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
Castilian; Spanish...
to explain to someone...
falcon...
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.
/Kas-tel-YA-no/
FIL: Tumutukoy sa mga tao, wika, o kultura mula sa rehiyon ng Castile sa Espanya; karaniwang ginagamit bilang kasingkahulugan ng Espanyol.
EN: Castilian; Spanish
The formal, almost historical, way of referring to Spaniards or the Spanish language. It’s what your lola called the Spanish friars in stories. Today, if you say you speak 'Kastelyano', you sound like you learned it from a 19th-century textbook, not from watching 'La Casa de Papel'.
From Spanish 'castellano' (Castilian).
Often capitalized. While it specifically means 'Castilian,' in the Philippines it's a common synonym for 'Spanish' in general.
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🇵🇭 Ang nobelang Noli Me Tángere ay orihinal na isinulat sa wikang Kastelyano.
🇺🇸 The novel Noli Me Tángere was originally written in the Spanish language.
🇵🇭 Marami sa ating mga salita ay hiram sa mga Kastelyano.
🇺🇸 Many of our words are borrowed from the Spanish.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.