ataro

Tagalog

Etymology

From alteration of at ano (“and what?”).

Pronunciation

(Teresa-Morong) IPA^(key): /ʔataˈɾo/ [ʔɐ.tɐˈɾo]
Rhymes: -o
Syllabification: a‧ta‧ro

Adverb

ataró (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜆᜇᜓ) (Rizal, colloquial)

why; for what reason
Synonyms: bakit, at ano, (dialectal, archaic) bakin, anong dahilan, (obsolete) makin

Ataro at ikaw ay nariyan?
Why is it that you are there?

Ataro raw?
He/She said why?

Usage notes

The word is more commonly used in Morong, Rizal

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