alabado

English

Etymology

From Spanish alabado.

Noun

alabado (plural alabados)

  1. (Christianity) A Mexican Catholic devotional hymn.

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)

  1. (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)

  1. past participle of alabar (praised)

Further reading

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)

  1. praise; a part of a prayer to God or a saint

See also

Further reading

  • alabado”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018