perdegana

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pierde gana (“loses, wins”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˌpeɾdeˈɡana/ [ˌpɛɾ.d̪ɛˈɣaː.n̪ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Syllabification: per‧de‧ga‧na

Noun

pérdegána (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜄᜈ) (games, sometimes gambling)

  1. a game mode where the loser by the regular rules wins (such as in checkers)
    Synonym: talo-manalo

See also

References

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