aportunado

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish afortunado.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔapoɾtuˈnado/ [ʔɐ.poɾ.t̪ʊˈn̪aː.d̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ado
  • Syllabification: a‧por‧tu‧na‧do

Adjective

aportunado (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜉᜓᜇ᜔ᜆᜓᜈᜇᜓ)

  1. fortunate; lucky
    Synonyms: mapalad, masuwerte, suwerte, (obsolete) salamatin
  • portuna

Further reading

  • “aportunado”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 15
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