balagtasan

Tagalog

Etymology

From balagtas +‎ -an. Sense “form of debate”, from Balagtas +‎ -an (supposedly after Francisco Balagtas).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˌbalaɡˈtasan/ [ˌbaː.lɐɡˈt̪aː.sɐn̪]
  • Rhymes: -asan
  • Syllabification: ba‧lag‧ta‧san

Noun

bálagtásan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜄ᜔ᜆᜐᜈ᜔)

  1. balagtasan (a Philippine form of debate done with poetic verse)
  2. direct way across to a place

Derived terms

  • makipagbalagtasan
  • Balagtasismo

See also

Further reading

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