abogasya

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish abogacía (“practice of law”).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /ʔaboɡasˈja/ [ʔɐ.bo.ɣɐˈʃa]
      • Rhymes: -a
    • IPA(key): /ʔaboˈɡasja/ [ʔɐ.boˈɣa.ʃɐ] (nonstandard)
      • Rhymes: -asja
  • Syllabification: a‧bo‧gas‧ya

Noun

abogasyá or abogasya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜓᜄᜐ᜔ᜌ)

  1. legal profession; law (profession)

Further reading
  • “abogasya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 3
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