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The term "colitas" in the first stanza ("warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air") has been interpreted as a sexual slang or a reference to marijuana. [59] "Colitas" means "little tails" in Spanish; in Mexican slang it refers the flowering buds of the cannabis plant.
Colitas (little tails) may refer to: A slang term in Hispanic culture for the buttocks; A slang term in Mexico for the buds of the cannabis plant; See also.
The name "Quirino" itself was ultimately derived from the Latin Quirinus, meaning "armed with a lance." [92] Rizal. Spanish surname. The province was named after José Rizal, inspirational figure of the Philippine Revolution and national hero. "Rizal" in turn, is a modified form of the Spanish word ricial, literally meaning "able to grow back ...
(Original meaning: something that has two decks or levels one above the other, usually a bus or tram). Duster [28] — A loose dress wore in (and near) one’s house. (Original meaning: a cleaning tool) Gets [18] — Slang for understand. Commonly used in Taglish. (Original meaning: to have, achieve, obtain something)
Old Tagalog word, meaning "to dig", referring to the digging for treasures in the area in its early history. [7] Bignay: Valenzuela: Named for the bignay tree. [9] Binondo: Manila: Spanish rendering of the old Tagalog name binundok, meaning mountainous or hilly. Buli: Muntinlupa: Named for the buri palm. Bungad: Quezon City: Filipino word for ...
Some loanwords have been associated to new meanings, such as kursonada (corazonada, originally meaning '"hunch"), which means "object of desire"; sospetsoso (sospechoso) is the "suspicious person" and not the "suspect" as in the original; insekto ("insecto"), which still means "insect" but also refers to a "pesty clownish person"; or even sige ...
Poverty incidence of Bais 10 20 30 40 50 60 2006 54.30 2009 37.22 2012 31.71 2015 39.73 2018 22.80 2021 30.89 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Loading sugar cane onto a truck parked on the National Highway that runs through the city Sugar is the major commercial crop in the city. Bais is the largest producer of raw sugar in Negros Oriental. There are two sugar mills in the city. The ...
The awit (Tagalog for "song" [1]) is a type of Filipino poem, consisting of 12-syllable quatrains.It follows the pattern of rhyming stanzas [which?] established in the Philippine epic Pasyon.