puwes
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Cebuano[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Spanish pues, from Vulgar Latin *pos, from Classical Latin post.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: pu‧wes
Interjection[edit]
puwes
- all right (used as a general lead-in or beginning)
Tagalog[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
puwés (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜏᜒᜐ᜔)
- Discourse marker used to acknowledge a statement or a situation: well
- Akala mo ba'y tapos na ang laban? Puwes, nagkakamali ka.
- Do you think the fight is already over? Well, you're wrong.
- "Ayoko ng gulo." "Puwes, ako rin."
- "I don't like trouble." "Well, me neither."
Further reading[edit]
- “puwes”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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- Cebuano terms derived from Spanish
- Cebuano terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Cebuano terms derived from Latin
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano interjections
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Spanish
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog interjections
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