KUMPLEANYOS

This is from the Spanish cumpleaños.

kumpleanyos
birthday

Older generations may still be familiar with this word, as it was used during Spain’s colonial period in the Philippines.

These day, most Filipinos use the native Tagalog word kaarawan or the English word, transliterated as bertdey.

❌ kumpleanos

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