"kapre" meaning in Tagalog

See kapre in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkapɾe/ [Standard-Tagalog], [ˈkap.ɾɛ] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: ᜃᜉ᜔ᜇᜒ [Baybayin]
Rhymes: -apɾe Etymology: Borrowed from Philippine Spanish cafre, from Portuguese cafre, from Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “unbeliever”), originally referring to the East African slaves brought by the Portuguese and sold in Manila as "Cafres". See also English kaffir, English Kaffraria. Etymology templates: {{bor+|tl|es-PH|cafre}} Borrowed from Philippine Spanish cafre, {{der|tl|pt|cafre}} Portuguese cafre, {{der|tl|ar|كَافِر||unbeliever}} Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “unbeliever”), {{root|tl|ar|ك ف ر}}, {{cog|en|kaffir}} English kaffir, {{cog|en|Kaffraria}} English Kaffraria Head templates: {{tl-noun|b=+}} kapre (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉ᜔ᜇᜒ), {{tlb|tl|folklore}} (folklore)
  1. ogre or giant believed to smoke cigars and live in old trees, especially balete (banyan) trees
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "es-PH",
        "3": "cafre"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Philippine Spanish cafre",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "pt",
        "3": "cafre"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese cafre",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "كَافِر",
        "4": "",
        "5": "unbeliever"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “unbeliever”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "ك ف ر"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "kaffir"
      },
      "expansion": "English kaffir",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Kaffraria"
      },
      "expansion": "English Kaffraria",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Philippine Spanish cafre, from Portuguese cafre, from Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “unbeliever”), originally referring to the East African slaves brought by the Portuguese and sold in Manila as \"Cafres\". See also English kaffir, English Kaffraria.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ᜃᜉ᜔ᜇᜒ",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "b": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "kapre (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉ᜔ᜇᜒ)",
      "name": "tl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "folklore"
      },
      "expansion": "(folklore)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "kap‧re"
  ],
  "lang": "Tagalog",
  "lang_code": "tl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "tl",
          "name": "Folklore",
          "orig": "tl:Folklore",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ogre or giant believed to smoke cigars and live in old trees, especially balete (banyan) trees"
      ],
      "id": "en-kapre-tl-noun-g-ic27lp",
      "links": [
        [
          "ogre",
          "ogre"
        ],
        [
          "giant",
          "giant"
        ],
        [
          "smoke",
          "smoke"
        ],
        [
          "cigar",
          "cigar"
        ],
        [
          "balete",
          "balete"
        ],
        [
          "banyan",
          "banyan"
        ]
      ],
      "topics": [
        "arts",
        "folklore",
        "history",
        "human-sciences",
        "literature",
        "media",
        "publishing",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkapɾe/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkap.ɾɛ]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-apɾe"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kapre"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "es-PH",
        "3": "cafre"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Philippine Spanish cafre",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "pt",
        "3": "cafre"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese cafre",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "كَافِر",
        "4": "",
        "5": "unbeliever"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “unbeliever”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "ك ف ر"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "kaffir"
      },
      "expansion": "English kaffir",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Kaffraria"
      },
      "expansion": "English Kaffraria",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Philippine Spanish cafre, from Portuguese cafre, from Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “unbeliever”), originally referring to the East African slaves brought by the Portuguese and sold in Manila as \"Cafres\". See also English kaffir, English Kaffraria.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ᜃᜉ᜔ᜇᜒ",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "b": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "kapre (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉ᜔ᜇᜒ)",
      "name": "tl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "folklore"
      },
      "expansion": "(folklore)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "kap‧re"
  ],
  "lang": "Tagalog",
  "lang_code": "tl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Tagalog/apɾe",
        "Rhymes:Tagalog/apɾe/2 syllables",
        "Tagalog 2-syllable words",
        "Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
        "Tagalog lemmas",
        "Tagalog nouns",
        "Tagalog terms borrowed from Philippine Spanish",
        "Tagalog terms derived from Arabic",
        "Tagalog terms derived from Philippine Spanish",
        "Tagalog terms derived from Portuguese",
        "Tagalog terms derived from the Arabic root ك ف ر",
        "Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
        "Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation",
        "Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries",
        "tl:Folklore"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ogre or giant believed to smoke cigars and live in old trees, especially balete (banyan) trees"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ogre",
          "ogre"
        ],
        [
          "giant",
          "giant"
        ],
        [
          "smoke",
          "smoke"
        ],
        [
          "cigar",
          "cigar"
        ],
        [
          "balete",
          "balete"
        ],
        [
          "banyan",
          "banyan"
        ]
      ],
      "topics": [
        "arts",
        "folklore",
        "history",
        "human-sciences",
        "literature",
        "media",
        "publishing",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkapɾe/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkap.ɾɛ]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-apɾe"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kapre"
}

Download raw JSONL data for kapre meaning in Tagalog (2.4kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Tagalog dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (5ee713e and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.