pustiso

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish dentadura postiza (“false teeth”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /pusˈtiso/ [pʊsˈt̪iː.so]
• Rhymes: -iso
• Syllabification: pus‧ti‧so

Noun

pustiso (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜐᜓ)

1. (dentistry) denture; false teeth
   • 2007, Arturo B. Rodriguez, 1001 Ultimate Pilipino Jokes, Arturo B Rodriguez, →ISBN, page 166:

     Miss Universe Sana Pero... Hindi napansin ng officials ng Bb. Pilipinas Universe na ang ngipin ng nanalong Binibining Pilipinas ay pustiso. Nang nasa Miss Universe Beauty Pageant na ang kandidata, biglang nabiyak ang kanyang pustiso.

     She was going to be Miss Universe but.. The officials of Bb. Pilipinas Universe didn't notice that the teeth of the winning Bb. Pilipinas was dentures. When the candidate was in the Miss Universe Pageant, her dentures suddenly broke.

   • 2016, Vins Santiago, TransFormed: Mula sa Pagiging Transwoman, OMF Literature, →ISBN:

     Kaya hanggang sa pagtanda ni Benny, natatandaan pa rin niya na nagsusuot lang ng pustiso si Inang kapag nagngangangâ, at kapag durog na durog na ang ngangâ ay saka ito maghuhubad ng pustiso habang nakababad sa bibig ang ...

     So until up to the aging of Benny, he still remembers that Inang only wears dentures when betel chewing, and if the betel would have been very crushed, is when she takes off her dentures while the...

   • 2009, Ellen L. Sicat, Unang ulan ng Mayo, →ISBN:

     Pustiso ka na ba?" "May ilang pustiso na 'ko," wika kong nakatingin sa mga putol ng tubo. Nag-aalala akong di na kayang kagatin ng aking natitirang ngipin ang tubo. Implant na ang dalawang ngipin ko sa harap at madali iyong maputol o ...

     have dentures? "I have a few dentures already," said by myself looking at the cut of the shoot. I'm worrying that my remaining teeth cannot bite the shoot. My two teeth in the front are implanted and they easily break...