bareta de-kabra

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish barreta de cabra (literally “goat bar; doe bar”). Compare Spanish pie de cabra (literally “goat foot”) and pata de cabra (literally “goat leg”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /baˌɾeta de ˈkabɾa/ [bɐˌɾɛː.t̪ɐ d̪ɛ ˈkaː.bɾɐ]
  • Rhymes: -abɾa
  • Syllabification: ba‧re‧ta de-ka‧bra

Noun

bareta de-kabra (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇᜒᜆ ᜇᜒᜃᜊ᜔ᜇ)

  1. crowbar
    Synonyms: bareta, (ellipsis) de-kabra, desklabador, palangka
  • kabra

See also

Further reading

  • “bareta de-kabra”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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