Flores de Mayo

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish flores de Mayo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˌfloɾes de ˈmajo/ [ˌfloː.ɾɛs d̪ɛ ˈmaː.jo]
  • IPA^(key): (more native-sounding) /ˌploɾes de ˈmajo/ [ˌploː.ɾɛs d̪ɛ ˈmaː.jo]
• Rhymes: -ajo
• Syllabification: Flo‧res de Ma‧yo

Proper noun

Flores de Mayo (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜎᜓᜇᜒᜐ᜔ ᜇᜒ ᜋᜌᜓ)

1. (Catholicism) Flores de Mayo (Philippine festival in the month of May as a Marian devotion)

   Synonym: Flores de Maria

See also

• Reyna Elena
• sagala
• santakrusan
• Tres Marias

 

Further reading

• “Flores de Mayo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018