deskarte

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• diskarte

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish descarte (“discard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /desˈkaɾte/, [dɛsˈkaɾ.tɛ]
• Hyphenation: des‧kar‧te

Noun

deskarte (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜃᜇ᜔ᜆᜒ)

1. (colloquial) workaround; MacGyverism; method to get something desired
2. (colloquial) resourcefulness; street smarts
3. (colloquial) attractive words or actions used in courtship

Derived terms

• deskartehin
• deskartihan
• dumeskarte
• ideskarte
• madeskarte
• makadeskarte
• makideskarte
• pagkakadeskarte

 

Further reading

• “deskarte”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 39