agwa-plorida

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish agua florida (“Florida water”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˌʔaɡwa ploˈɾida/ [ˌʔaɡ.wɐ ploˈɾiː.d̪ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ida
  • Syllabification: ag‧wa-plo‧ri‧da

Noun

agwa-plorida (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄ᜔ᜏᜉ᜔ᜎᜓᜇᜒᜇ)

  1. scented water

Further reading

  • “agwa-plorida”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 18
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