matapobre
Bikol Central
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ma‧ta‧po‧bre
- IPA(key): /mataˈpobɾe/, [ma.taˈpob.ɾe]
Verb
matapobre
- to look down on others
- Nakaka-anggot nin buot an mga nagmamatapobre
- Those who look down on people are infuriating.
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ma‧ta‧po‧bre
- IPA(key): /mataˈpobɾe/, [mʌ.t̪ʌˈpob.ɾ̪ɪ]
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- mata-pobre
Etymology
From Spanish matar (“to kill”) + Spanish pobre (“poor”). Compare matafuego (“fire extinguisher”, literally “fire killer”). Later folk-etymologized as Tagalog mata (“eye; to look”) and Tagalog pobre as borrowed from Spanish.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mataˈpobɾe/, [mɐ.tɐˈpob.ɾɛ]
- Hyphenation: ma‧ta‧po‧bre
Audio (file)
Derived terms
- magmatapobre
Further reading
- “matapobre”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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