perdegana

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pierde gana (“loses, wins”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌpeɾdeˈɡana/, [ˌpɛɾ.dɛˈɣa.nɐ]
  • Hyphenation: per‧de‧ga‧na

Noun

pérdegána (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜄᜈ) (games, sometimes gambling)

  1. a game mode where the loser by the regular rules wins (such as in checkers)

See also

References
  • “perdegana”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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