etsapuwera
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- echapwera
- itsapuwera
- etsapwera
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish echar fuera (“cast out; kick out”, literally “throw outside”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: e‧tsa‧pu‧we‧ra
- IPA(key): /ʔeˌt͡ʃapuˈeɾa/, [ʔeˌt͡ʃaˈpwe.ɾɐ]
Noun
etsápuwéra (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜆ᜔ᜐᜉᜓᜏᜒᜇ)
- (colloquial) act of excluding or rejecting someone from a group
Derived terms
- ietsapuwera
- mag-etsapuwera
- pag-eetsapuwera
Related terms
- itsa
- puwera
Adjective
etsápuwéra (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜆ᜔ᜐᜉᜓᜏᜒᜇ)
- (colloquial) excluded; rejected
Further reading
- “etsapuwera” in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018.