Salacot refers to the peculiar broad-brimmed headgear, mostly conical in shape, worn by Filipinos as they work in the fields and the sea. Lacking words for it, salacot is already in Spanish and English dictionaries as filipinism, or words they borrowed from us. Without knowing it, I have...
Filipino has many loanwords from Spanish and English, making it relatively easier for English speakers to learn compared to other Asian languages. For example, the Filipino word for “table” is “lamesa,” which is similar to the Spanish “mesa,” and the word for “chair” is “silya,...