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basura

Pronunciation: /baˈsuɾa/

“basura” is a Tagalog word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. garbage; trash; rubbish; junk
  2. something useless; worthless; not needed; or of poor quality

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish basura, from Old Spanish vassura, from Vulgar Latin *versūra, from Latin verrō (“sweep”) + -tūra (noun-forming suffix).

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