waldas

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Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Uncertain. Compare Spanish guardas (“you save, clean, put away”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /walˈdas/, [wɐlˈdas]
  • Hyphenation: wal‧das

Noun[edit]

waldás (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜎ᜔ᜇᜐ᜔)

  1. squandering; wasteful or extravagant expenditure, malversation or misappropriation of funds
    Synonyms: aksaya, buhaha, lustay, paglustay

Derived terms[edit]

Adjective[edit]

waldás (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜎ᜔ᜇᜐ᜔)

  1. squandered; spent wastefully or extravagantly; misappropriated (of funds)
    Synonyms: bulagsak, extrabagante, gastador, labusak, luhoso, walang-hinayang, lustay

Further reading[edit]

  • “waldas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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