padre de-pamilya

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish padre de familia.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˌpadɾe de paˈmilja/ [ˌpaːd.ɾɛ dɛ pɐˈmiːl.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -ilja
• Syllabification: pad‧re de-pa‧mil‧ya

Noun

padre de-pamilya (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇ᜔ᜇᜒ ᜇᜒᜉᜋᜒᜎ᜔ᜌ)

1. head of the family
2. family man

   Synonym: pamilyado