testigo
Bikol Central
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish testigo.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: tes‧ti‧go
- IPA(key): /tesˈtiɡo/ [tesˈti.ɡo]
Noun
testígo (Basahan spelling ᜆᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜄᜓ)
Derived terms
- magtestigo
- testigohan
See also
- ebidensiya
- testimoniyo
Chavacano
Etymology
Inherited from Spanish testigo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tesˈtiɡo/, [t̪es̪ˈt̪i.ɡo]
- IPA(key): /tesˈtiɡu/, [t̪es̪ˈt̪i.ɡu] (Ternateño)
- Hyphenation: tes‧ti‧go
Noun
testigo
Spanish
FWOTD – 18 June 2022
Etymology
Deverbal from testiguar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tesˈtiɡo/ [t̪esˈt̪i.ɣ̞o]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -iɡo
- Syllabification: tes‧ti‧go
Noun
testigo m or f by sense (plural testigos)
- witness (someone who sees something)
- (law) witness (one who is called upon to witness an event or action)
- 2018 March 16, Miguel Ángel Medina, “Seis detenidos en las protestas en Lavapiés por la muerte de un mantero”, in El País[1]:
- Varios testigos y un compañero del vendedor aseguran que la muerte se produjo tras una persecución de los agentes, que iban en motocicleta.
- Several witnesses and a colleague of the vendor claim that his death occurred after a chase by the officers, who were on a motorcycle.
Noun
testigo m (plural testigos)
Derived terms
- examen de testigos
- testigo criteriada
- testigo criteriado
- testigo de cargo
- testigo de conocimiento
- testigo de descargo
- testigo de Jehová
- testigo de oídas
- testigo de vista
- testigo ocular
- testigo pericial
Related terms
Further reading
- “testigo”, 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
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish testigo.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tesˈtiɡo/ [t̪ɛsˈt̪iː.ɣo]
- Rhymes: -iɡo
- Syllabification: tes‧ti‧go
Noun
testigo (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜄᜓ)
- witness
- Synonym: saksi
- act of testifying (as of a witness)
- Synonyms: pagtestigo, pagsaksi
- proof; evidence
- Synonyms: pruweba, patunay, katuinayan, ebidensiya
Derived terms
- pagtestigo
- testiguhan
- tumestigo