alabado
English
Etymology
Noun
alabado (plural alabados)
Spanish
Etymology
From alabar + -ado. For the noun, from the phrase alabado sea Dios (“God be praised”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alaˈbado/ [a.laˈβ̞a.ð̞o]
- Rhymes: -ado
- Syllabification: a‧la‧ba‧do
Noun
alabado m (plural alabados)
- (Christianity) A Catholic devotional hymn.
- 2013, Nasario García, Grandma's Santo on Its Head/El santo patas arriba de mi abuelita[1], University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 67:
- Luego, en la voz más linda y preciosa que jamás había escuchado yo, se puso a cantar un alabado solemne y triste que nos dejó pasmados.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Participle
alabado (feminine alabada, masculine plural alabados, feminine plural alabadas)
- past participle of alabar (“praised”)
Further reading
- “alabado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish alabado (“praised”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalaˈbado/ [ʔɐ.lɐˈbaː.d̪o]
- Rhymes: -ado
- Syllabification: a‧la‧ba‧do
Noun
alabado (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜊᜇᜓ)
Related terms
See also
- bendito
- pagpupuri
Further reading
- “alabado”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018