mabilis sa alas-kuwatro

Tagalog

Etymology

Literally, “faster than four o'clock”. The expression dates back to the American colonial period in the Philippines, referring to the 4 pm dismissal siren of Manila's Insular Ice Plant.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /mabiˌlis sa ʔaˌlas kuˈatɾo/ [mɐ.bɪˌlɪs sɐ ʔɐˌlas ˈkwaː.t̪ɾo]
  • Rhymes: -atɾo
  • Syllabification: ma‧bi‧lis sa a‧las-ku‧wa‧tro

Adverb

mabilís sa alás-kuwatro (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜊᜒᜎᜒᜐ᜔ ᜐ ᜀᜎᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜏᜆ᜔ᜇᜓ)

  1. (simile) quickly
  2. (simile) done surreptitiously or slyly
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.