Editing Chavacano (section)

==Vocabulary==

===Forms and style===

Chavacano (especially Zamboangueño) has two [[Register (sociolinguistics)|registers]] or [[sociolect]]s: The common, colloquial, vulgar or familiar and the formal register/sociolects. Broadly speaking, the formal register is closer to Spanish, and the colloquial register to the local Austronesian languages.

In the common, colloquial, vulgar or familiar register/sociolect, words of local origin or a mixture of local and Spanish words predominate. The common or familiar register is used ordinarily when conversing with people of equal or lower status in society. It is also used more commonly in the family, with friends and acquaintances. Its use is of general acceptance and usage.

In the formal register/sociolect, words of Spanish origin or Spanish words predominate. The formal register is used especially when conversing with people of higher status in society. It is also used when conversing with elders (especially in the family and with older relatives) and those in authority. It is more commonly used by older generations, by Zamboangueño mestizos, and in the barrios. It is the form used in speeches, education, media, and writing. The formal register used in conversation is sometimes mixed with some degree of colloquial register.

The following examples show a contrast between the usage of formal words and common or familiar words in Chavacano:

{| class="wikitable"
!English
!Chavacano (formal)
!Chavacano (common/colloquial/vulgar/familiar)
!Spanish
|-
|slippery
|resbalozo/resbaladizo
|malandug
|resbaloso/resbaladizo
|-
|rice
|morisqueta
|kanon/arroz
|morisqueta (understood as a Filipino rice dish)/arroz
|-
|rain
|lluvia/aguacero
|aguacero/ulan
|lluvia/aguacero
|-
|dish
|vianda/comida
|comida/ulam
|vianda/comida
|-
|braggart/boastful
|orgulloso(a)
|bugalon(a)/ hambuguero(a)
|orgulloso(a)
|-
|car
|coche
|auto
|auto/coche
|-
|housemaid
|muchacho (m)/muchacha (f)
|ayudanta (female); ayudante (male)
|muchacha(o)/ayudante
|-
|father
|papá (tata)
|pápang (tata)
|papá (padre)
|-
|mother
|mamá (nana)
|mámang (nana)
|mamá (madre)
|-
|grandfather
|abuelo
|abuelo/lolo
|abuelo/lolo
|-
|grandmother
|abuela
|abuela/lola
|abuela/lela
|-
|small
|chico(a)/pequeño(a)
|pequeño(a)/diutay
|pequeño/chico
|-
|nuisance
|fastidio
|asarante/salawayun
|fastidio
|-
|hard-headed
|testarudo
|duro cabeza/duro pulso
|testarudo/cabeza dura
|-
|slippers
|chancla
|chinelas
|chancla/chinelas
|-
|married
|de estado/de estao
|casado/casao
|casado
|-
|(my) parents
|(mis) padres
|(mi) tata'y nana
|(mis) padres
|-
|naughty
|travieso(a)
|guachi/guachinanggo(a)
|travieso(a)
|-
|slide
|rezbalasa/deslizar
|landug
|resbalar/deslizar
|-
|ugly
|feo (masculine)/fea (feminine)
|malacara, malacuka
|feo(a)
|-
|rainshower
|lluve
|talítih
|lluvia
|-
|lightning
|rayo
|rayo/quirlat
|rayo
|-
|thunder/thunderstorm
|trueno
|trueno
|trueno
|-
|tornado
|tornado/remolino, remulleno
|ipo-ipo
|tornado/remolino
|-
|thin (person)
|delgado(a)/flaco(a)/chiquito(a)
|flaco/flaquit
|delgado/flaco/flaquito
|}