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Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish sardinas, plural form of sardina.
Pronunciation
Noun
sardinas
- canned sardines
Karao
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish sardinas, plural form of sardina.
Noun
sardinas
- sardines
Latin
Adjective
sardīnās
- accusative feminine plural of sardīnus
Spanish
Noun
sardinas f pl
- plural of sardina
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish sardinas, plural form of sardina, from Latin sardina, from Ancient Greek σαρδίνη (sardínē). The figurative sense is from the analogy of a fully packed vehicle likened to a can of sardines.
Pronunciation
Noun
sardinas (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜈᜐ᜔)
- sardines
- canned sardines
Adjective
sardinas (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜈᜐ᜔)
- (figurative) packed like sardines; filled to full capacity (of vehicles)
- Synonym: siksikan
Parang sardinas ang bus papuntang Cubao.- The bus heading to Cubao seems full.
- (literally, “The bus heading to Cubao is like sardines.”)
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