EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
truancy; gallivanting; playing hooky...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/lak-WA-tsa/
FIL: Ang pagliban sa klase o trabaho nang walang paalam o sapat na dahilan, karaniwan upang magliwaliw o gumala.
EN: truancy; gallivanting; playing hooky
The national pastime of students who are 'tinatamad' (feeling lazy). It’s cutting class to go to the mall, the computer shop, or your friend's house. The verb form, 'mag-lakwatsa', is the official term for 'gala na walang paalam'. It's the reason your mom used to say, 'Naku, puro ka **lakwatsa**, wala kang mararating!'
Mula sa kolokyal na Espanyol na 'la cuacha', na nangangahulugang 'pagbubulakbol' o 'to play hooky'.
A very common, informal term. The verb is 'maglakwatsa'. A person who habitually plays truant is a 'lakwatsero' (male) or 'lakwatsera' (female).
🇵🇭 Itigil mo na 'yang lakwatsa at pumasok ka na sa klase.
🇺🇸 Stop that truancy and go to class.
🇵🇭 Nahuli sila ng kanilang ina na nag-lalakwatsa sa halip na pumasok sa eskwela.
🇺🇸 Their mother caught them playing hooky instead of going to school.
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Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.