adolesensiya

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish adolescencia, from Latin adolēscentia. Doublet of adolesens.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔadoleˈsensia/ [ʔɐ.d̪o.lɛˈsɛn̪.ʃɐ]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ʔadoleˈsensia/ [ʔɐ.d̪o.lɛˈsɛn̪.sjɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ensia
  • Syllabification: a‧do‧le‧sen‧si‧ya

Noun

adolesénsiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜓᜎᜒᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ)

  1. adolescence
    Synonyms: hulog, (of a male) pagbibinata, (of a female) pagdadalaga, paglalabintaunin, adolesens

Further reading

  • “adolesensiya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 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 12
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