alembong

Tagalog

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from *alem- (“intensifier something disclosed or expression of change”) + *bong (“concealing, hindering, or inhibiting something”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈlemboŋ/, [ʔɐˈlɛm.boŋ]
• Rhymes: -emboŋ
• Syllabification: a‧lem‧bong

Noun

alembong (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜅ᜔) (slang)

1. girl with a flirtatious reputation; flirt; coquette

   Synonyms: harot, kiri, hitad, latod

2. flirtation

   Synonym: ligaw-biro

Adjective

alembong (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜅ᜔) (slang)

1. flirtatious

   Synonyms: malandi, maharot, talipandas, magatod, malantod, haliparot, handak, malimbay, talandi

Derived terms

• alembungan
• kaalembungan
• makipag-alembungan
• pag-alembong
• pakikipag-alembungan
• umalembong

 

See also

• balitanda
• gantay
• garutay
• handak
• karengkeng
• kikay
• kirimpot
• landi
• limbang
• palikero
• pandot
• parak

 

Further reading

• “alembong” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[2], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “alembong”, 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 3