ensayo
See also: ensayó
Bikol Central
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish ensayo (“essay”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔenˈsajo/ [ʔen̪ˈsa.jo]
- Hyphenation: en‧sa‧yo
Noun
ensáyo (Basahan spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜐᜌᜓ)
Derived terms
- ensayohan
- mag-ensayo
Spanish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aʝo
- Syllabification: en‧sa‧yo
Etymology 1
Inherited from Late Latin exagium, from Latin exigō. Compare French essai. Cognate with English essay and assay.
Noun
ensayo m (plural ensayos)
- essay; paper; nonfiction (in genre-labeling contexts)
- Synonym: redacción
- test/testing, trial, experiment
- Synonyms: experimento, prueba
- try, attempt, assay
- Synonym: intento
- rehearsal, practice, run-through, dry run
- Synonym: práctica
Hyponyms
- ensayo general (“dress rehearsal”)
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Verb
ensayo
- first-person singular present indicative of ensayar
Further reading
- “ensayo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- insayo
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish ensayo (“essay”), from Late Latin exagium.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔenˈsajo/ [ʔɛn̪ˈsaː.jo]
- Rhymes: -ajo
- Syllabification: en‧sa‧yo
Noun
ensayo (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜐᜌᜓ)
- rehearsal; practice; training
- Synonyms: pagsasanay, pag-eensayo
- (literature) essay
- Synonym: sanaysay
Derived terms
- ensayuhin
- kaensayo
- mag-ensayo
- pag-eensayo
- papag-ensayuhin
Related terms
Further reading
- “ensayo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018