analpabeto

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish analfabeto, from Late Latin analphabetus (“unable to read and write; illiterate”), from Ancient Greek ἀναλφάβητος (analphábētos, “illiterate”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔanalpaˈbeto/ [ʔɐ.n̪ɐl.pɐˈbɛː.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -eto
  • Syllabification: a‧nal‧pa‧be‧to

Adjective

analpabeto (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈᜎ᜔ᜉᜊᜒᜆᜓ)

  1. analphabet; illiterate
    Synonyms: mangmang, walang-pinag-aralan, iletrado, iliterato, ilitereyt, bangal, limangmang

See also

Further reading

  • “analpabeto”, 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 33
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