Wiktionary

tanso

See also: tần số

Bikol Central edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /tanˈsoʔ/, [tan̪ˈsoʔ]
  • Hyphenation: tan‧so

Noun edit

tansô (Basahan spelling ᜆᜈ᜔ᜐᜓ)

  1. brass

See also edit

Cuyunon edit

Noun edit

tanso

  1. copper

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

tanso

  1. Rōmaji transcription of たんそ

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Unknown.

Pronunciation edit

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃su
  • Hyphenation: tan‧so

Noun edit

tanso m (plural tansos, feminine tansa, feminine plural tansas)

  1. (colloquial) fool, idiot
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota
  2. (colloquial) sucker
    • 2016 November 16, Leonete Botelho, ““As pessoas votam nos palhaços porque se revêem neles””, in Público‎[2]:
      É exactamente na percepção que as pessoas estão a formar de que não serve de nada votar porque há um conjunto de regras não escritas que está completamente enraizado e que faz com que as instituições não cumpram o seu papel. E o eleitor sente que é pouco mais que um tanso…
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Adjective edit

tanso (feminine tansa, masculine plural tansos, feminine plural tansas, comparable)

  1. (colloquial) silly, dumb, stupid
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota
  2. (colloquial) gullible

Sambali edit

Noun edit

tansô

  1. copper; brass

Tagalog edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Possibly from Hokkien 銅索／铜索 (tâng-soh, “copper wire”)[1] or Hokkien 銅線／铜线 (tâng-sòaⁿ, “copper wire”).[2] Compare Kapampangan tangsu, Remontado Agta tansu, and Yogad tansu.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /tanˈsoʔ/, [tɐnˈsoʔ]
  • Hyphenation: tan‧so

Noun edit

tansô (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜈ᜔ᜐᜓ)

  1. copper
    Synonym: kobre
  2. (colloquial) swindling; defrauding
    Synonyms: gantso, paggantso, pagkagantso, panununba
  3. (loosely) bronze; brass
    Synonyms: bronse, tansong pula, tansong dilaw
  4. act of removing something on a hook

Derived terms edit

See also edit

Adjective edit

tansô (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜈ᜔ᜐᜓ)

  1. made of copper
  2. removed from a hook
  3. (colloquial) false; fake
    Synonyms: peke, huwad, espuryo, palsipikado

References edit

  1. ^ Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 144
  2. ^ Lim, Vicente (1941) Chinese-English-Tagalog-Spanish Business conversation and social contact with Amoy pronunciation‎[1], Manila: Poc Bon Book Co., page 103

Further reading edit

  • “tanso”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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