Eleven Filipino words have been officially added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) in its March 2025 update. This recognition highlights the growing influence of Filipino culture and language ...

Certain Filipino words like kilig and balikbayan are now part of the English language. A lot of Filipino words and phrases are derived from Spanish words and have evolved in spelling and meaning ...

For netizens, more Filipino words in the Oxford English Dictionary mean more fun. According to the dictionary’s latest update, “evidence for these usages is not just found in the Philippines ...

MANILA, Philippines — Eleven Filipino words were added to the Oxford English Dictionary in its March 2025 update. In a commentary posted on its website, the Oxford English Dictionary explained ...

The term, meaning a good-for-nothing or thug, shows how Filipino as a language has adapted Spanish terminology. Its origins come from the Spanish word “zángano” which literally means a ...

But there’s now an official word for it in English: gigil. Borrowed from Tagalog, one of the primary languages of the Philippines, gigil is among 42 words that are untranslatable or have no ...

It was the “largest single batch” of words from Philippine English to be recognized and “published at the same time” in the dictionary, said Danica Salazar, a Filipino lexicographer based ...