alponsino

See also: Alponsino

Tagalog

Portrait of King Alfonso XII of Spain on 1877

Emilio Aguinaldo sporting an Alfonsino Corto haircut

Alternative forms

• Alponsino

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alfonsino (“Alfonsine”), in honor of Alfonso XII, king of Spain from 1874–1885. The haircut was later known as the “Amadeo cut” or the “Aguinaldo cut”, after Amadeo I of Spain and Emilio Aguinaldo respectively.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔalponˈsino/ [ʔɐl.pon̪ˈsiː.n̪o]
• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: al‧pon‧si‧no

Noun

alponsino (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜉᜓᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜈᜓ)

1. a style of haircut that is close-shaved on the sides, similar to a flattop or a crew cut but slightly longer

Related terms

• Alfonso

Further reading

• “alponsino”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 24
• Ocampo, Ambeth R. (2021 January 6) “Hair and History”, in INQUIRER.net‎^[1]