waldas

Tagalog

Etymology

Uncertain. Compare Spanish guardas (“you save, clean, put away”).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /walˈdas/ [wɐlˈdas]
  • Rhymes: -as
  • Syllabification: wal‧das

Noun

waldás (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜎ᜔ᜇᜐ᜔)

  1. squandering; wasteful or extravagant expenditure, malversation or misappropriation of funds
    Synonyms: aksaya, buhaha, lustay, paglustay

Derived terms
  • magwaldas
  • mangwaldas
  • mapagwaldas
  • mawaldas
  • waldasin

Adjective

waldás (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜎ᜔ᜇᜐ᜔)

  1. squandered; spent wastefully or extravagantly; misappropriated (of funds)
    Synonyms: bulagsak, extrabagante, gastador, labusak, luhoso, walang-hinayang, lustay

Further reading
  • “waldas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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