aktuwal

• aktwal — common

From English actual, from Middle English actual, actuel (“active”), from Old French actuel, actual, from Late Latin actualis (“active, practical”), from Latin actus (“act, action, performance”), from agere (“to do; to act”) + -alis (“-al”).

• Hyphenation: ak‧tu‧wal

aktuwal

1. (rare) actual

• aktwal — superseded, pre-2007

Borrowed from Spanish actual (“current, present; factual”), with a semantic shift influenced by English actual.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaktuˈal/ [ʔɐkˈt̪wal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ak‧tu‧wal

aktuwál (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃ᜔ᜆᜓᜏᜎ᜔)

1. actual; real; true

   Synonyms: totoo, tunay, talaga

2. (uncommon) current; existing in the present time

   Synonyms: umiiral, pangkasalukuyan

3. de facto (in fact or in practice)

• “aktuwal”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “aktuwal”, 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 9

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