From root: baro
Usage Note
Kabaro is derived from baro (clothing, shirt) with the ka- prefix, creating a word for someone dressed in the same outfit or of the same gender. In the Philippines it is common to call someone your kabaro when you inadvertently wear matching clothes — a source of lighthearted humor. It can also mean a person of the same sex in certain regional usages.
Examples
" Kabaro tayo ngayon! "
Natural Translation
We're wearing the same thing today!
Literal Translation
Same-clothes we today!
" Pareho pala tayong suot! Kabaro tayo ngayon. "
Natural Translation
We're wearing the same thing! We're a matching pair today.
Literal Translation
Same actually we-are wearing! Same-clothes we today.
" Natawa kaming dalawa nang mapansin naming kabaro pala kami sa parehong pulang damit sa party. "
Natural Translation
The two of us laughed when we noticed we were wearing the same red dress at the party.
Literal Translation
Laughed we two when noticed we-that same-clothes actually we in same red dress in party.
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