ardil

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁˈd͡ʒiw/ [aɦˈd͡ʒiʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁˈd͡ʒiw/ [aɦˈd͡ʒiʊ̯]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aɾˈd͡ʒiw/ [aɾˈd͡ʒiʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʁˈd͡ʒiw/ [aʁˈd͡ʒiʊ̯]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /aɻˈd͡ʒiw/ [aɻˈd͡ʒiʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾˈdil/ [ɐɾˈðiɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾˈdil/ [ɐɾˈðiɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾˈdi.li/ [ɐɾˈði.li]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -il, (Brazil) -iw
• Hyphenation: ar‧dil

Noun

ardil m (plural ardis)

1. ruse
2. trick
3. stratagem

Further reading

• “ardil”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ardil”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• ardel

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ardid.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaɾˈdil/ [ʔɐɾˈd̪ɪl]
• Rhymes: -il
• Syllabification: ar‧dil

Noun

ardíl (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜎ᜔)

1. strategy; stratagem; cunning

   Synonyms: estratehiya, pamamaraan, pakana, linlang, lansi, lalang, daya, alga

Derived terms

• ardilan
• maardil
• mapag-ardil

See also

• paabong
• patibong

Further reading

• “ardil”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: Ateneo de Manila., page 51
• 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 47