“Troll” In Tagalog | English To Tagalog Translations

“Troll” In Tagalog | English To Tagalog Translations

TROLL IN TAGALOG – Here is another term in the English language that we are going to translate in the Filipino language.

TROLL IN TAGALOG
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The English term that we are going to translate is “troll“. We must first know its definition in the dictionary.

Definition

Originally, it is defined as the following:

  • a mythical, cave-dwelling being depicted in folklore as either a giant or a dwarf, typically having a very ugly appearance.

This term is referred to people nowadays, in which they are described as the following:

  • a person who makes a deliberately offensive or provocative online post.
    • a deliberately offensive or provocative online post.
  • make a deliberately offensive or provocative online post with the aim of upsetting someone or eliciting an angry response from them.

It is synonymous with the following terms:

  • goblin
  • fairy
  • hobgoblin
  • trolling
  • sprite
  • dwarf
  • gnome
  • gremlin
  • demon
  • giant
  • leprechaun

Translation

There is no direct translation of this term. We simply use the word troll in Tagalog as well.

But for its synonyms, there is, here are the following:

  • goblin – tiyanak
  • fairy – diwata
  • hobgoblin – masamang duwende
  • sprite – engkanto
  • dwarf – unano
  • gnome – lamanlupa
  • gremlin – gremlin
  • demon – demonyo
  • giant -higante
  • leprechaun – leprechaun

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