babaero
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Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /babaˈʔeɾo/ [bɐ.bɐˈʔɛː.ɾo]
- Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: ba‧ba‧e‧ro
Noun
[edit]babaero (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜊᜁᜇᜓ)
- womanizer; male flirt; seducer of women
- Coordinate term: lalakero
- 1989, Jun Cruz Reyes, Mga daluyong, mga unos: sa panahon ni Rolando Olalia:
- Hindi ako puwede sa partido, masyado akong babaero. Pero paano naman akong hindi magiging babaero? Mga babae ang nanliligaw sa akin, sila ang lumalapit sa akin." "Mukha akong babae.
- I can't go to the party, I'm such a womanizer. But how can I not be a womanizer? Women court me, they approach me." "I look like a woman.
- 2001, Ang makasaysayang People Power Part 2 sa mga pahina ng Pinoy times special edition issues 1-16:
- Siya'y babaero, lasenggo at sugalero
- He is a womanizer, a drunkard and a gambler
- 2003, Jay De Castro, At tumestigo ang asintado: Gov. Luis "Chavit" Singson:
- Pinagsigawan niyang walang kapabilidad maging Pangulo si Estrada, hindi lamang dahil ito'y walang talino at kakayahan, kundi ito'y lasenggo, sugarol at babaero, kaya't walang dangal pamunuan ang bayan.
- He shouted that Estrada has no ability to be President, not only because he has no talent and ability, but also because he is a drunkard, a gambler and a womanizer, so he has no dignity to lead the people.
- 2014, Mina V. Esguerra, Jhing Bautista, Jonnalyn Cabigting, Leng de Chavez, Katherine C. Eustaquio-Derla, Rachelle Belaro, Rayne Mariano, Say That Things Change, Bright Girl Books:
- And then, I finally saw it. “Hindi ka rin masaya no?” “Huh?” he asked. “Sa relationship mo,” I cleared. “Hindi ka din masaya.” “Alam mo Kit, sobrang babaero ako dati pero nakahanapako ng katapat ko,” he said. “Ngayon hindi na ako babaero".
- And then, I finally saw it. "You're not happy either, right?" "Huh?" he asked. "In your relationship," I cleared. "You're not happy either." "You know Kit, I used to be such a womanizer, but my partner got to me," he said. "Now I'm not a womanizer".
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “babaero”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018