kuwela

Tagalog

Alternative forms

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/ [ˈkwɛ.lɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ela
  • Syllabification: ku‧we‧la

Adjective

kuwela (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜎ)

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

Derived terms
  • kuwelahin
  • magpakuwela
  • makuwela
  • pagpakuwela
  • pakuwela

Noun

kuwela (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜎ)

  1. (slang) 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, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN
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