sardinas

See also: Sardinas

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sardinas, plural form of sardina.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sar‧di‧nas

Noun

sardinas

1. canned sardines

Karao

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sardinas, plural form of sardina.

Noun

sardinas

1. sardines

Latin

Adjective

sardīnās

1. accusative feminine plural of sardīnus

Spanish

Noun

sardinas f pl

1. plural of sardina

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sardinas, plural form of sardina, from Latin sardina, from Ancient Greek σαρδίνη (sardínē). The figurative sense is from the analogy of a fully packed vehicle likened to a can of sardines.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /saɾˈdinas/ [sɐɾˈd̪iː.n̪ɐs]
• Rhymes: -inas
• Syllabification: sar‧di‧nas

Noun

sardinas (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜈᜐ᜔)

1. sardines
2. canned sardines

Adjective

sardinas (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜈᜐ᜔)

1. (figurative) packed like sardines; filled to full capacity (of vehicles)

   Synonym: siksikan

   Parang sardinas ang bus papuntang Cubao.

   The bus heading to Cubao seems full.

   (literally, “The bus heading to Cubao is like sardines.”)

See also

• di-mahulugang karayom

 

Further reading

• “sardinas” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “sardinas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018