balota
balóta with stress marks
ballot
Usage Note
Balota is borrowed from Spanish balota (ballot or voting slip) and is the standard Tagalog term for a voting ballot used in elections. It is used in both formal electoral contexts and casual discussion of voting. The word is familiar to most Filipinos given the prominence of elections in Philippine civic life.
Examples
" Nasaan ang balota ko? "
Natural Translation
Where is my ballot?
Literal Translation
Where the ballot my?
" Nasaan ang aking balota? "
Natural Translation
Where is my ballot?
Literal Translation
Where the my ballot?
" Maingat na binasa ng matandang botante ang bawat pangalan sa balota bago siya bumoto. "
Natural Translation
The elderly voter carefully read each name on the ballot before casting his vote.
Literal Translation
Carefully read the old voter the each name on ballot before he voted.
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