empatso

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish empacho (“blockage of the stomach”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔemˈpat͡ʃo/ [ʔɛmˈpaː.t͡ʃo]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ʔemˈpatso/ [ʔɛmˈpat̪.so]
  • Rhymes: -at͡ʃo, (no palatal assimilation) -atso
  • Syllabification: em‧pat‧so

Noun

empatso (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋ᜔ᜉᜆ᜔ᜐᜓ)

  1. indigestion
    Synonyms: di-pagkatunaw, indihestiyon, ahito

Derived terms

  • empatsuhin
  • maempatso
  • magkaempatso
  • empatsado

See also

  • matunawan

Further reading

  • “empatso”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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