mabilis sa alas-kuwatro

Tagalog

Etymology

Literally, “faster than four o'clock”. From the 1970s.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /mabiˌlis sa ʔaˌlas kuˈatɾo/ [mɐ.bɪˌlɪs sɐ ʔɐˌlas ˈkwaː.t̪ɾo]
  • Rhymes: -atɾo
  • Syllabification: ma‧bi‧lis sa a‧las-ku‧wa‧tro

Adverb

mabilís sa alás-kuwatro (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜊᜒᜎᜒᜐ᜔ ᜐ ᜀᜎᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜏᜆ᜔ᜇᜓ)

  1. (simile) quickly
  2. (simile) done surreptitiously or slyly
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