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tanso

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See also: tần số

Bikol Central

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tanˈsoʔ/ [tan̪ˈsoʔ]
  • Hyphenation: tan‧so

Noun

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tansô (Basahan spelling ᜆᜈ᜔ᜐᜓ)

  1. brass

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Cuyunon

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Noun

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tanso

  1. copper

Japanese

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Romanization

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tanso

  1. Rōmaji transcription of たんそ

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Unknown.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃su
  • Hyphenation: tan‧so

Noun

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tanso m (plural tansos, feminine tansa, feminine plural tansas)

  1. (colloquial) fool, idiot
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota
  2. (colloquial) sucker
    • 2016 November 16, Leonete Botelho, ““As pessoas votam nos palhaços porque se revêem neles””, in Público‎[2]:
      É exactamente na percepção que as pessoas estão a formar de que não serve de nada votar porque há um conjunto de regras não escritas que está completamente enraizado e que faz com que as instituições não cumpram o seu papel. E o eleitor sente que é pouco mais que um tanso…
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Adjective

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tanso (feminine tansa, masculine plural tansos, feminine plural tansas, comparable)

  1. (colloquial) silly, dumb, stupid
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota
  2. (colloquial) gullible

Sambali

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Noun

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tansô

  1. copper; brass

Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Possibly from Hokkien 銅索／铜索 (tâng soh, “copper wire”)[1] or Hokkien 銅線／铜线 (tâng-sòaⁿ, “copper wire”).[2] Compare Kapampangan tangsu, Remontado Agta tansu, and Yogad tansu.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tansô (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜈ᜔ᜐᜓ)

  1. copper
    Synonym: kobre
  2. (colloquial) swindling; defrauding
    Synonyms: gantso, paggantso, pagkagantso, panununba
  3. (loosely) bronze; brass
    Synonyms: bronse, tansong pula, tansong dilaw
  4. act of removing something on a hook

Derived terms

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Adjective

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tansô (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜈ᜔ᜐᜓ)

  1. made of copper
  2. removed from a hook
  3. (colloquial) false; fake
    Synonyms: peke, huwad, espuryo, palsipikado

References

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  1. ^ Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 144
  2. ^ Lim, Vicente (1941) Chinese-English-Tagalog-Spanish Business conversation and social contact with Amoy pronunciation‎[1], Manila: Poc Bon Book Co., page 103

Further reading

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

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