matapobre

• Hyphenation: ma‧ta‧po‧bre
• IPA^(key): /mataˈpobɾe/ [ma.taˈpob.ɾe]

matapobre

1. One who looks down on others, particularly the poor.

matapobre

1. Pertaining to one who looks down on others.

matapobre

1. to look down on others

   Nakaka-anggot nin buot an mga nagmamatapobre

   Those who look down on people are infuriating.

• Hyphenation: ma‧ta‧po‧bre
• IPA^(key): /mataˈpobɾe/ [mɐ.t̪ɐˈpob.ɾ̪e]

matapobre

1. (idiomatic) one who looks down on others, particularly the poor; a snob

matapobre

1. (idiomatic) condescending; snobbish

• mata-pobre

From Spanish matar (“to kill”) +‎ Spanish pobre (“poor”). Compare matafuego (“fire extinguisher”, literally “fire killer”). Later folk-etymologized as Tagalog mata (“eye; to look”) and Tagalog pobre as borrowed from Spanish.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /mataˈpobɾe/ [mɐ.t̪ɐˈpoː.bɾɛ]

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• Rhymes: -obɾe
• Syllabification: ma‧ta‧po‧bre

matapobre (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜆᜉᜓᜊ᜔ᜇᜒ)

1. condescending; snobbish

   Synonym: mapangmata

• magmatapobre

matapobre (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜆᜉᜓᜊ᜔ᜇᜒ)

1. snob

• “matapobre”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018