kuwela

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• kwela — superseded, pre-2007

Etymology

From Spanish, possibly from:

• Corruption of Spanish chulear (“make fun of; show off”), from chulo (“cool”).
• Spanish cuela (“you strain”), second-person singular imperative of colar (“to strain”)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kuˈela/ [ˈkwɛː.lɐ]
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: ku‧we‧la

Adjective

kuwela (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜎ) (slang)

1. funny; silly; amusing; ridiculous
2. easy or cool to be with
3. able to follow a trend

Derived terms

• kuwelahin
• magpakuwela
• makuwela
• pagpakuwela
• pakuwela

 

Noun

kuwela (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜎ) (slang)

1. a happy tune; lighthearted show

Further reading

• “kuwela”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary‎^[1], Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN

Anagrams

• keluwa