Meaning of balato | Babel Free

Definitions

share of money or kind given away as goodwill by the winner (in gambling, a business deal, etc., especially in a game of balikutsa)

Examples

“Minsan, nilapitan niya ako at binigyan ng balato na kung ilang libong piso. Masayang masaya ako, hindi ako tumaya pero para akong nanalo, hinalikan ko siya sa batok kasabay ang biro kong, “Ito lang ba?””

At one time, he approached me and gave me a consolation of around some thousand pesos. I'm very happy, I didn't made a bet but I felt like I won, that I kissed him on the neck along with a chuckle, "Is this it?"

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