By: Dayang C Marikit
I’m a Philippine history professor and my Quora account is mainly focused on promoting and educating people about the pre-colonial period. Below are some of my articles and as well as some informative videos.
I would like to inform people that “nothing is set in stone” because we are constantly gathering information and learning about our history, somethings may change in the future, but for now the things that I publish are the things that we currently perceive to “know about.”
Guapo - is a Spanish loanword.
Pogi - is a modern slang based on Guapo.
Below are some purely tagalog terms.
- Makisig - Handsome, (this term is very formal and is rarely used in daily conversation).
- May itsura [ichura] - This means that a person is attractive and this term is also gender neutral.
- Magandang Lalaki - This literally translates to (Beautiful Boy/Lad/Guy/Man/ETC)… I hear this often used by elderly people, my grandmother actually uses this term on my male cousins… (Somehow, I wish that this term doesn’t die out).
