desgrasyada

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish desgraciada, feminine form of desgraciado (unfortunate).

Pronunciation

Noun

desgrasyada (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜄ᜔ᜇᜐ᜔ᜌᜇ)

  1. (derogatory) woman who have been dishonored by being raped or having given birth out of wedlock
    Synonym: laspag
    • 1992, Hugot sa sinapupunan:
      Pawang personal na isyu ang ibinato sa akin, mula sa pagiging disgrasyada hanggang sa pagkakaroon ng pangit na reputasyon. Pero walang ibinunga ang maruruming taktika ng kabilang kampo  []
      They mostly threw personal issues to me, from me having given birth out of wedlock to having a bad reputation. But nothing came out of the dirty tactics from both camps
    • 1998, Benigno Ramos, Gumising ka, aking bayan: mga piling tula:
      Sa mga tulang ito, pinag-ukulan niya ng pansin ang babaeng desgrasyada, ang babaeng inalipin at pinagsamantalahan, o ang babaeng kinasangkapan at naging puta.
      In these poems, he paid attention to the disgraced woman, the woman who has been enslaved and abused, or the woman turned into an instrument and become a whore.

Adjective

desgrasyada (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜄ᜔ᜇᜐ᜔ᜌᜇ)

  1. (derogatory) dishonored (of a woman who has been raped or has given birth out of wedlock)
    Synonyms: pinagsamantalahan, pinag-abusuhan, kinulang-palad, inapi, nasawi

Further reading

  • desgrasyada”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018