paktor
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Cantonese 拍拖 (paak3 to1, “to date, or be dating someone”).
Pronunciation
(Singapore) IPA(key): /pʌkˈtɔː/
Verb
paktor
- (Singapore, informal) To go out on a date with someone whom one is romantically involved with.
- 1994 November 20, “The scattering of Satay Club”, in The Straits Times (Leisure), page 32:
- He adds that he goes there with his children once every two months. "A lot of memories. First time I paktor (dated) with my wife was there."
- 1998 November 7, tcbeez, “Eyes sore at traffic light junction”, in soc.culture.singapore, Usenet:
- Some youngsters paktor with girlfriends also stroll slowly across the roads.
- 2004 July 10, “Nostalgia? More like costalgia' to me”, in The New Paper (Singapore), page 10:
- When Miss Doris Low and Mr Bobby Chua were 'paktor-ing' (dating) they ate at the carpark stalls at least twice a week.
- 2014 June 11, “Having a backup fund for retirement”, in My Paper(Singapore), page A18:
- Spending time with the family will always be important. We want to paktor (meaning "go dating" in Cantonese) too.
- 2015 May 5, “DOING GOOD IN THE LONG RUN”, in The New Paper (Singapore), page 17:
- My wife joins me whenever I train, so it's our time to paktor ("go dating" in Cantonese).
- 2015 February 27, “Parkour caper is purely a star vehicle for Lautner”, in The Business Times (Singapore), page 37:
- That shares the spotlight with Lautner, who plays Cam, a bicycle courier looking to "paktor" (Cantonese slang for "court") with parkour hottie Nikki (Marie Avgeropoulos).
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Usage notes
Commonly used in spoken colloquial Singapore English:
- to suggestively joke about a friend's dating situation.
- by older people to teenagers or young adults, usually in an endearing manner.
Derived terms
- paktorlogy, paktor-ing
Anagrams
- topark
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from English factor or from Spanish factor.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pak‧tor
- IPA(key): /ˈpaktoɾ/, [ˈpak.toɾ] (English influence)
- IPA(key): /pakˈtoɾ/, [pɐkˈtoɾ] (Spanish influence)
Noun
paktor or paktór (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜃ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ᜔)
- factor
- Synonym: salik
References
- “paktor”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018