LOBO
The Tagalog word lobo has two meanings.The more common usage is lobo as balloon, from the Spanish globo, meaning 'balloon.'
The second meaning is lobo meaning wolf, from the Spanish word lobo.
lobo
balloon
lobong pula / pulang lobo
red balloon
pinalobo
blew it up like a balloon
pinalobo ang krisis
exaggerated the crisis
pinalobong halaga ng salapi
inflated value of money
lumolobo
ballooning
Lumolobo ang bilang ng mga maralita sa Pilipinas.
The number of the extremely poor in the Philippines is ballooning.
There's a Filipino children's song with the title Ako ay May Lobo (I Have a Balloon).