patawad
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Etymology
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pa‧ta‧wad
- IPA(key): /paˈtawad/ [paˈta.wad̪]
Noun
patawad
- bargaining, dickering, haggling (for a lower price)
- Synonym: pabarato
- forgiveness, act of forgiving
- Synonyms: dispensasiyon, dispensar
Derived terms
- magpatawad
- patawadon
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- patawar — dialectal, Rizal, informal
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /paˈtawad/ [pɐˈt̪aː.wɐd̪̚]
- Rhymes: -awad
- Syllabification: pa‧ta‧wad
Noun
patawad (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜆᜏᜇ᜔)
- apology
- Synonym: paumanhin
- given discount
- Synonym: deskuwento
Interjection
patawad (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜆᜏᜇ᜔)
- I'm sorry; forgive me
- Synonym: pasensya na
Usage notes
- In Philippine Christmas culture, the word patawad is also used to communicate to carolers that the speaker has nothing to give when the carolers stop by to sing in exchange for money.
See also
- karoling
- pananapatan
Verb
patawad (complete pinatawad, progressive pinapatawad, contemplative papatawad, Baybayin spelling ᜉᜆᜏᜇ᜔)
- (informal) short for ipatawad
Verb
patawad (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜆᜏᜇ᜔)
- (imperative, colloquial) short for pakitawad
- (transitive, colloquial) short for nagpatawad