deskarte

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish descarte (“discard”).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /desˈkaɾte/ [dɛsˈkaɾ.tɛ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾte
  • Syllabification: des‧kar‧te

Noun

deskarte (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜃᜇ᜔ᜆᜒ)

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

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

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
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