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Tagalog
Etymology
From aksaya + -ado.
Pronunciation
Adjective
aksayado (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃ᜔ᜐᜌᜇᜓ) (informal)
- wasteful; lavish; extravagant
- Synonyms: alibugha, maaksaya, salaula
1982, Teresita V. Ramos, Rosalina Morales Goulet, Intermediate Tagalog: Developing Cultural Awareness through Language, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 145:Aksayado kami sa States. Hindi kami marunong kumain ng talbos at bulaklak ng gulay. Marami kasi kayong pagkain at hindi kayo marunong magutom. Dito walang itinatapon. Ang sabi nga, kahit kapiraso, laman-tiyan din 'yon.- We live lavishly in the States. We don't know how to eat the tops or flowers of vegetables. You have too much food and you don't know how to be hungry. Here, we don't just throw away anything. They say, even the smallest bit of anything can be eaten.
2018, JULIO V. BELMES, HAMOG NG SAUDI, Lam-ang Publishing, →ISBN, page 79:"Aksayado ng koryente ang Saudi" sabi ni Brigoli. "Parang tinaniman na nila ng ilaw ang kalsada na kahit walang masyadong dumaraan [...]"- "Saudi is wasteful on electricity", Brigoli said. "It seems they even lit up roads where only a few travels on."
- wasted