huwego de-palabra

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish juego de palabras.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /huˌeɡo de paˈlabɾa/ [ˌhwɛ.ɣo dɛ pɐˈlab.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -abɾa
• Syllabification: hu‧we‧go de-pa‧lab‧ra

Noun

huwego de-palabra (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜏᜒᜄᜓ ᜇᜒᜉᜎᜊ᜔ᜇ)

1. word game; wordplay

Further reading

• “huwego de-palabra”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018