kuwela

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Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Spanish, possibly from:

  • Corruption of Spanish chulear (“make fun of; show off”), from chulo (“cool”).
  • Spanish cuela (“you strain”), second-person singular imperative of colar (“to strain”)

Pronunciation

Adjective

kuwela (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜎ) (slang)

  1. funny; silly; amusing; ridiculous
  2. easy or cool to be with
  3. able to follow a trend

Derived terms

Noun

kuwela (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜎ) (slang)

  1. a happy tune; lighthearted show

Further reading

  • “kuwela”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary‎, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN

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