maskulino
maskulíno with stress marks
masculine
Usage Note
Maskulino is borrowed from Spanish 'masculino' and is used in grammatical, biological, and social discussions of gender and masculinity. In linguistics it refers to masculine grammatical gender, and in social contexts it describes traits or expressions associated with masculinity.
Examples
" Maskulino ang tinig niya. "
Natural Translation
His voice is masculine.
Literal Translation
Masculine the voice his.
" Ang salitang ito ay may maskulino na anyo sa wikang Espanyol. "
Natural Translation
This word has a masculine form in the Spanish language.
Literal Translation
The word [ng] this has masculine [na] form in-the language [ng] Spanish.
" Hindi dapat sukatin ang halaga ng isang lalaki sa kung gaano siya kamaskulino sa paningin ng iba. "
Natural Translation
A man's worth should not be measured by how masculine he appears to others.
Literal Translation
Not should measured the worth of one man in if how he how-masculine in sight of others.
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