ispageti

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English spaghetti, from Italian spaghetti, plural of spaghetto. The dance move was popularized by SexBomb Girls who released The Spageti Song in 2003.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔispaˈɡeti/, [ʔɪs.pɐˈɣɛ.tɪ]

  • IPA(key): /spaˈɡeti/, [ʔɪs.pɐˈɣɛ.tɪ] (colloquial)
  • Hyphenation: is‧pa‧ge‧ti

Noun

ispageti (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜉᜄᜒᜆᜒ)

  1. spaghetti
    • 1997, Teresita Ang See, Caroline Sy Hau, Joaquin Sy, Voices Mga Tinig The Best of Tulay:
      Para maugpungan ang kita ng bana, alas-kuwatro pasado pa lang ng madaling-araw ay nagigising na siya para magprito ng saba, lumpia, kamote, at magluto ng biko, ispageti at iba pang meryenda.
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  2. (dance) dance move in which the dancer would twirl down then up while pointing the index finger up with elbows bent

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