porsiyento

Cebuano

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish por ciento.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: por‧si‧yen‧to
  • IPA(key): /poɾsiˈjento/ [poɾ̪ˈs̪jin̪.t̪o]

Noun

porsiyento

  1. percent

Verb

porsiyento

  1. to pay interest
  2. to take a percentage commission
  3. to get or give a percentage of winnings of a machine owner in gambling

Derived terms

  • pamorsiyento

Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • porsyentosuperseded
  • pursyentosuperseded
  • pursiyento

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish por ciento.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /poɾsiˈento/ [poɾˈʃɛn̪.t̪o]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /poɾsiˈento/ [poɾˈsjɛn̪.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: por‧si‧yen‧to

Noun

porsiyento (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜇ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

  1. percent
    Synonym: bahagdan
    isang daang porsiyentoone hundred percent
  2. commission (fee charged)
    Synonym: komisyon
  3. (gambling) percentage of winnings taken by a machine owner

Derived terms

  • mamorsiyento
  • mamumursiyento

Further reading

  • porsiyento”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018