populatsero

Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • pupulatsero

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish populachero.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /populaˈt͡ʃeɾo/ [po.pʊ.lɐtˈt͡ʃɛː.ɾo]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /populatˈseɾo/ [po.pʊ.lɐt̪ˈsɛː.ɾo]
  • Rhymes: -eɾo
  • Syllabification: po‧pu‧lat‧se‧ro

Adjective

populatsero (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜉᜓᜎᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜇᜓ)

  1. catering to popular liking, good or bad, to make oneself prominent (of a person)

Further reading

  • Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 833