"Kalabasa" is a word in TAGALOG, HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO
kalabása - (Sp. calabaza) Squash,
pumpkin, gourd; failure, mess, fiasco; to
make a mess of, meet with failure, commit
a great blunder. Nakalabása
(Nagkalabása) ang íla tábad. Their
banquet was a failure. Ginkalabása lang
akó níya. He left me in the lurch, tricked or
cheated me, made a fool of me, caused my
plans or intentions to miscarry.
kalabasa
Definition: (noun) pumpkin, squash
kalabásà n squash of various varieties: Cucurbita maxima.
nga putì general name for squashes with light-green skin and white flesh: Lagenaria leucantha.
see also balantíyung, tabáyag, tam-balíyung.
nga pula n {1} general term for squashes and pump-kins with red or orange meat.
{2} zero grade.
Kalbásà ang ákung nakúhà, I got a zero.
{2a} failure of grades or ratings.
v [B126N] be a failure as a student.
Ayaw pagbuguybúguy sa ímung pagtuun kay makalabásà (mangalabásà) ka unyà, Dont play hooky from school or youll fail.
The only way to live well is to feel intensely.
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