balato

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Latin

Verb

bālātō

  1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of bālō

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish barato. Doublet of barat and barato.

Pronunciation

Noun

balato (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜆᜓ)

  1. (gambling) share of money or kind given away as goodwill by the winner (in gambling, a business deal, etc., especially in a game of balikutsa)
    Synonyms: salap, (slang) tobalats
    • 2003, Ligaya Tiamson-Rubin, Angono, Rizal: Bukal ng sining:
      Minsan, nilapitan niya ako at binigyan ng balato na kung ilang libong piso. Masayang masaya ako, hindi ako tumaya pero para akong nanalo, hinalikan ko siya sa batok kasabay ang biro kong, “Ito lang ba?”
      At one time, he approached me and gave me a consolation of around some thousand pesos. I'm very happy, I didn't made a bet but I felt like I won, that I kissed him on the neck along with a chuckle, "Is this it?"

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Adverb

balato

  1. singly
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