pigura

From Portuguese figura, from Old Galician-Portuguese figura, fegura, borrowed from Latin figūra. Doublet of figur and figura.

• IPA^(key): [piˈɡu.ra]
• Hyphenation: pi‧gu‧ra

pigura (plural pigura-pigura)

1. figure with frame
2. (figurative) frame

   Synonym: bingkai

• “pigura” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Spanish figura.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /piˈɡuɾa/ [pɪˈɣuː.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: pi‧gu‧ra

pigura (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜄᜓᜇ)

1. figure; shape; the way something looks

   Synonyms: hitsura, hugis, anyo, ayos, tabas

2. illustration; design (on a book, etc.)

   Synonyms: larawan, dibuho

3. (card games) face card
4. (figurative) act of sizing up (especially of one's beauty or figure)

   Synonyms: kilatis, pagkilatis, kalislis, pagkaliskis

5. (mathematics) number

   Synonym: numero

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