abogasya
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish abogacía (“practice of law”), from Medieval Latin advocātia. Doublet of adbokasiya.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog)
- IPA(key): /ʔaboɡasˈja/ [ʔɐ.bo.ɣɐˈʃa]
- IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ʔaboɡasˈja/ [ʔɐ.bo.ɣɐsˈja]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -a
- IPA(key): /ʔaboˈɡasja/ [ʔɐ.boˈɣaː.ʃɐ] (nonstandard)
- IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ʔaboˈɡasja/ [ʔɐ.boˈɣas.jɐ] (nonstandard)
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -asja
- IPA(key): /ʔaboɡasˈja/ [ʔɐ.bo.ɣɐˈʃa]
- Syllabification: a‧bo‧gas‧ya
Noun
abogasyá or abogasya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜓᜄᜐ᜔ᜌ)
- legal profession; law (profession)
Related terms
Further reading
- “abogasya”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
- “abogasya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
- Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 3