kuwela
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- kwela
Etymology
From Spanish, possibly from:
- Corruption of Spanish chulear (“make fun of; show off”), from chulo (“cool”).
- Spanish cuela (“you strain”), second-person singular imperative of colar (“to strain”)
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ku‧we‧la
- IPA(key): /kuˈela/, [ˈkwe.lɐ]
Adjective
kuwela (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜎ)
- (slang) funny; silly; amusing; ridiculous
- (slang) easy or cool to be with
- (slang) able to follow a trend
Derived terms
- kuwelahin
- magpakuwela
- makuwela
- pagpakuwela
- pakuwela
Noun
kuwela (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜎ)
- (slang) a happy tune; lighthearted show
Further reading
- “kuwela”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
- Zorc, R. David; San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN