demostrasyon

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish demostración, from Latin dēmōnstrātiō.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /demostɾasˈjon/ [d̪ɛ.mos.t̪ɾɐˈʃon̪]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /demostɾasˈjon/ [d̪ɛ.mos.t̪ɾɐsˈjon̪]
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: de‧mos‧tras‧yon

Noun

demostrasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜋᜓᜐ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜇᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

  1. demonstration; showing of something to the public
    Synonyms: pagpapakita, pagtatanghal
  2. public display of group opinion (such as a protest march)
  3. showing of one's feelings
    Synonym: pagpapahayag

Further reading

  • “demostrasyon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.