perdegana

Tagalog

Alternative forms

perdigana
pyerde gana
piyerde gana

Etymology

From Spanish pierde gana (“loses, wins”).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: per‧de‧ga‧na

IPA^(key): /ˌpeɾdeˈɡana/, [ˌpeɾ.deˈɣa.nɐ]

Noun

pérdegána (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜄᜈ)

(games, sometimes gambling) a game mode where the loser by the regular rules wins (such as in checkers)

Related terms

See also

dama

References

“perdegana”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018

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