palikero

Tagalog

Alternative forms
  • palakero

Etymology

Uncertain. Either from Spanish palique (“chitchat”) +‎ -ero (by surface analysis, paliki +‎ -ero), according to Zorc & San Miguel (1993)[1], or pa- +‎ liki (“spin, like of a dog's tail”) +‎ -ero according to the Commission on the Filipino Language.[2]

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: pa‧li‧ke‧ro
  • IPA(key): /paliˈkeɾo/, [pɐ.lɪˈxɛ.ɾo]

Noun

palikero (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜒᜃᜒᜇᜓ)

  1. playboy
    Synonyms: bohemyo, (slang) pabling

References
  1. Zorc, R. David; San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary‎, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN
  2. “palikero”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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