alponsino

See also: Alponsino

Tagalog

Alfonso XIII of Spain

Emilio Aguinaldo sporting an Alfonsino Corto haircut

Alternative forms

• Alponsino, Alpunsino
• alpunsino

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alfonsino (“Alfonsine”), in honor of Alfonso XIII, king of Spain from 1886–1931. The haircut was also known as the “Amadeo cut” or the “Aguinaldo cut”, after Amadeo I of Spain, king of Spain from 1871–1873, and Emilio Aguinaldo, first president of the Philippines, respectively.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔalponˈsino/ [ʔɐl.pon̪ˈsiː.n̪o]
• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: al‧pon‧si‧no

Noun

alponsino (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜉᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜈᜓ)

1. a style of haircut that is close-shaved on the sides, similar to a flattop or a crew cut but slightly longer

Related terms

• Alfonso

See also

• krukat

Further reading

• “alponsino”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “alponsino”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 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 24
• Ocampo, Ambeth R. (6 January 2021), “Hair and History”, in INQUIRER.net‎^[1]