sardinas

Borrowed from Spanish sardinas, plural form of sardina.

• Hyphenation: sar‧di‧nas

sardinas

1. canned sardines

Borrowed from Spanish sardinas, plural form of sardina.

sardinas

1. sardines

sardīnās

1. accusative feminine plural of sardīnus

sardinas f pl

1. plural of sardina

Borrowed from Spanish sardinas, plural form of sardina, from Latin sardina, from Ancient Greek σαρδίνη (sardínē). The figurative sense is from the analogy of a fully packed vehicle likened to a can of sardines.

• IPA^(key): /saɾˈdinas/, [sɐɾˈdi.nɐs]
• Hyphenation: sar‧di‧nas

sardinas (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜈᜐ᜔)

1. sardines
2. canned sardines

sardinas (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜈᜐ᜔)

1. (figurative) packed like sardines; filled to full capacity (of vehicles)

   Synonym: siksikan

   Parang sardinas ang bus papuntang Cubao.

   The bus heading to Cubao seems full.

   (literally, “The bus heading to Cubao is like sardines.”)

• “sardinas” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “sardinas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018