menor
ménor with stress marks
minor; drive slowly
Usage Note
Menor comes from Spanish 'menor' (lesser, minor) and has two common uses in the Philippines: describing someone who is a legal minor, and as a driving command meaning to slow down or downshift. The driving sense is unique to Philippine colloquial usage and is heard commonly in jeepneys and trucks.
Examples
" Mag menor ka sa kanto. "
Natural Translation
Slow down at the corner.
Literal Translation
Drive-slowly you at corner.
" Dapat kang mag menor ng takbo kapag umuulan nang malakas. "
Natural Translation
You should drive slowly when it is raining heavily.
Literal Translation
Should you to drive-slowly of run when raining adverb-, heavy.
" Sumigaw ang pasahero sa drayber na mag menor dahil madulas ang kalsada at maraming bata ang naglalakad papuntang paaralan. "
Natural Translation
The passenger shouted at the driver to slow down because the road was slippery and many children were walking on their way to school.
Literal Translation
Shouted the passenger to-the driver that drive-slowly because slippery the road and many child the walking going-to school.
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