filipino
Spanish, noun/filiˈpino/
filipino is spelled F-I-L-I-P-I-N-O (8 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 20,906th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Filipino is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “Filipino (a citizen or local inhabitant of the Philippines and those descending from such, especially a male)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does filipino mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Filipino (of or pertaining to the Philippines or its people, language, and culture)
noun
- 1
masculineFilipino (a citizen or local inhabitant of the Philippines and those descending from such, especially a male)
- 2
Spainmasculineobsoletemale Philippine-born person of pure or majority Spanish descent
noun
- 1
masculineFilipino (language) (the national language of the Philippines, based on Tagalog)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Originario, relativo a, o propio de Filipinas.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of filipino
- filipina feminine
- filipinos masculine plural
- filipinas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce filipino?
- /filiˈpino/
- [fi.liˈpi.no]
- [filiˈpino]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to filipino
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is filipino in Spanish?
filipino appears 2.2 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).