The Pacquiao-Larios Boxing Championship: Instead of "Mano-A-Mano" (Hand-vs-Hand) it should be "Puño-A-Puño" (Punyo-A-Punyo = Fist-vs-Fist or Fist-against-Fist) - which is a correct Spanish boxing term.

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Movement for the Purity of Tagalog

To maintain the purity of Tagalog, Taglish and Tagnish, and the evolution to perfection of our language, we must be very vigilant. Whenever a new English or Spanish word is introduced and mass-diffused (Media), we should not invent new words based on the original one "but with a very different meaning" - we should merely adopt the word to Tagalog on condition that it preserves its original meaning. In the case of words like kuwento at komento, for sure ABS-CBN does not mean "....for your children's tales and 'you' comment". It would be better to say: "....para sa inyong mga notisyas at komentaryos".  This may not rhyme much but it is pure.

Our Courts employ the Spanish verb "Apila" (to appeal) yet it would be much better to say "apela" as it corresponds exactly with the original word. Maybe when used as verb it would be better to say "apela" (to appeal) and when it refers to the process "the appeal" (noun), better to use "apelasyon" (in Spanish: Apelacion).

Trivia: If Oxford or Cambridge Dictionary is/are the official English dictionary, what is the Spanish official dictionary? e-mail us!

Trivia: What Tagalog word was officially  incorporated in the Spanish Dictionary (hundreds of years ago)? e-mail us!