bendita
Cebuano
Etymology
From Spanish agua bendita.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ben‧di‧ta
Noun
bendita
Verb
bendita
- to splash or sprinkle with holy water
- to bless someone or something with holy water
- to consecrate, to make something consecrated by prayer or by sprinkling of holy water
Hiligaynon
Etymology
Noun
bendíta
Verb
bendíta
- (transitive) bless
Portuguese
Adjective
bendita
- feminine singular of bendito
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /benˈdita/ [bẽn̪ˈd̪i.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -ita
- Syllabification: ben‧di‧ta
Adjective
bendita f
- feminine singular of bendito
Participle
bendita f sg
- feminine singular of bendito
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- bindita
- binrita — obsolete
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish bendita, feminine of bendito.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /benˈdita/ [bɛn̪ˈd̪iː.t̪ɐ]
- Rhymes: -ita
- Syllabification: ben‧di‧ta
Adjective
bendita (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜆ)
- feminine of bendito
Related terms
Noun
bendita (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜆ)
- ellipsis of agwa-bendita
Derived terms
Further reading
- “bendita”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “bendita”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[1], La Noble Villa de Pila
- page 33: “Agua bendita) Bindita (pp) C. tubig bindita, la tal agua”
- page 108: “Bendeçir) Bendita (pp) C. agua o otra coſa”