puwes

From Spanish pues, from Vulgar Latin *pos, from Classical Latin post.

• Hyphenation: pu‧wes

puwes

1. all right (used as a general lead-in or beginning)

• pwes

Borrowed from Spanish pues.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /puˈes/ [ˈpwɛs]
• Rhymes: -es
• Syllabification: pu‧wes

puwés (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜏᜒᜐ᜔)

1. Discourse marker used to acknowledge a statement or a situation: well

   Akala mo ba'y tapos na ang laban? Puwes, nagkakamali ka.

   Do you think the fight is already over? Well, you're wrong.

   "Ayoko ng gulo." "Puwes, ako rin."

   "I don't like trouble." "Well, me neither."

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