deskarte

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• diskarte

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish descarte (“discard”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /desˈkaɾte/ [d̪ɛsˈkaɾ.t̪ɛ]
• Rhymes: -aɾte
• Syllabification: des‧kar‧te

Noun

deskarte (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜃᜇ᜔ᜆᜒ) (colloquial)

1. workaround; MacGyverism; method to get something desired
2. resourcefulness; street smarts
3. (by extension) attractive words or actions used in courtship

Derived terms

• deskartehin
• deskartihan
• dumeskarte
• ideskarte
• madeskarte
• makadeskarte
• makideskarte
• pagkakadeskarte

 

See also

• estratehiya

 

Further reading

• “deskarte”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 39