patawad
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patawad
- bargaining, dickering, haggling (for a lower price)
- Synonym: pabarato
- forgiveness, act of forgiving
- Synonyms: dispensasiyon, dispensar
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patawad (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜆᜏᜇ᜔)
- apology
- Synonym: paumanhin
- given discount
- Synonym: deskuwento
Interjection[edit]
patawad (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜆᜏᜇ᜔)
- I'm sorry
- Synonym: pasensya na
Usage notes[edit]
- In Philippine Christmas culture, the word patawad is also used to communicate to carolers that the speaker has nothing to give when the carolers stop by to sing in exchange for money.