pensiyonado

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pensionado. By surface analysis, pensiyon +‎ -ado.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /pensioˈnado/ [pɛn̪.ʃoˈn̪aː.d̪o]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /pensioˈnado/ [pɛn̪.sjoˈn̪aː.d̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ado
  • Syllabification: pen‧si‧yo‧na‧do

Noun

pensiyonado (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜈᜇᜓ)

  1. pensioner
  2. (historical) Filipino scholar who studied in the United States during the American colonial era
  3. (informal, derogatory) jobless person, assumed to be lazy and is reliant on welfare

Further reading

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