Ang salitang hiram ay ang mga salitang walang katumbas sa wikang Filipino kung kaya ang mga ito ay tanggap ng gamitin sa pakikipag-usap.
Mga halimbawa ng Salitang Hiram
Ilan sa mga halimbawa ng salitang hiram ay ang mga sumusunod:
Coronavirus disease
cinema
zoo
xylophone
virus
frontliners
zipper
supermarket
jeepney
quarantine pass
Mga Salitang Hiram sa Ingles
Babay – bye-bye
Basket – basket
Basketbol – basketball
Bilib – believe (impressed)
Breyk – break
Bolpen – ballpen
Dayari – diary
Dikri – decree
Drayber – driver
Dyip – jeep
Elementari – elementary
Eksport – export
Fultaym – full time
Greyd – grade
Groseri – grocery
Hayskul – high school
Interbyu – interview
Iskor – score
Iskrin – screen
Ketsap – ketchup
Keyk – cake
Komisyoner – commisioner
Kostomer – customer
Kompyuter – computer
Manedyer – manager
Masel – muscle
Misis – wife
Mister – husband
Nars – nurse
Peke – fake
Prinsipal – school principal
Pulis – police
Sori – sorry
Suspek – suspect
Taksi – taxi
Titser – teacher
Telebisyon – television
Trapik – traffic
Traysikel – tricycle
Treyning – training
Mga Salitang Hiram sa Wikang Tsino
sungki = protruding tooth
bimpo – face towel
bakya = wooden clog
hikaw = earrings
husi = cloth woven from silk thread or fibers
lawlaw = dangling downward, loose
susi = key
tanglaw = light
hiya = shame, embarrassment, timidity
selan = delicacy, fastidiousness
switik = artful, sly, cunning
paslang = to kill
buwisit = unlucky
suya = disgust, surfeit
tiyak = sure, certain
lawin = hawk
sabsab = to eat like a pig or a dog
tanso = copper
katay = to butcher, to cut into pieces
pakyaw = wholesale buying
suki = long-standing customer or client
huweteng = number-pairing game