alasuwerte

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish a la suerte (“at random; by luck”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalasuˈeɾte/ [ʔɐ.lɐˈswɛɾ.t̪ɛ]
  • Rhymes: -eɾte
  • Syllabification: a‧la‧su‧wer‧te

Noun

alasuwerte (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜐᜓᜏᜒᜇ᜔ᜆᜒ)

  1. taking a chance; trying one's luck
    Synonyms: pakikipagsapalaran, pagbabaka-sakali

Derived terms

  • mag-alasuwerte

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.