barbero
barbéro with stress marks
barber
Usage Note
Barbero is the neighborhood barber, usually addressed as manong and known for cutting hair the same way for decades. A visit is as much for the news and banter as for the haircut.
Examples
" Nagpagupit ako sa barbero. "
Natural Translation
I had a haircut at the barber.
Literal Translation
Had-cut I at barber.
" Magaling maggupit ang barbero namin. "
Natural Translation
Our barber cuts hair well.
Literal Translation
Good cut-hair the barber our.
" Matagal nang barbero sa aming bayan si Mang Tonyo kaya halos lahat ng lalaki roon ay siya ang gumugupit. "
Natural Translation
Mang Tonyo has been a barber in our town for a long time, so he cuts the hair of nearly every man there.
Literal Translation
Long-time already barber at our town the Mang Tonyo so almost all of man there he the cutting.
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