kalog
kalóg with stress marks
fun-loving person; rattle/shake
Also means
As a verb, kalog means to rattle or shake a container with something loose inside.
Usage Note
Kalog when used to describe a person means someone who is playful, silly, or scatterbrained — a lovable goofball — and is very common in informal conversation and social media. As a verb it separately describes the rattling sound of objects shaking inside a container, though the slang personality sense is by far the more frequent modern usage.
Examples
" Ang kalog naman niya! "
Natural Translation
He's such a goofball!
Literal Translation
The fun-loving really he!
" Malakas ang kalog ng barya sa lata. "
Natural Translation
The shake of the coins in the tin can is loud.
Literal Translation
Loud the shake of coin in-the tin-can.
" Kahit nakakatuwa siyang kasama dahil sobrang kalog, minsan naiinis ako kapag hindi siya seryoso sa trabaho. "
Natural Translation
Even though he's fun to be with because he's such a goofball, sometimes I get annoyed when he isn't serious about work.
Literal Translation
Even fun he-that companion because very fun-loving, sometimes annoyed I when not he serious in work.
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