bodabil

bodabil

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English vaudeville.

Noun

bodabil

1. vaudeville
   • 1980, Rosario Torres-Yu, Panitikan at kritisismo: Rosario Torres-Yu, patnugot

     Sa larangan ng dula, dalawa ang mahalagang anyo na itinanim ng Amerika sa Filipinas: ang bodabil o stage show, at ang tinatawag na "legitimate stage."

     In the field of theatre, the United States implanted two important forms: the vaudeville or stage show, and the so-called "legitimate stage".