episyente

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish eficiente.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔepisˈjente/, [ʔɛ.pɪˈʃɛn.tɛ]
  • Hyphenation: e‧pis‧yen‧te

Adjective

episyente (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

  1. efficient
    Synonym: matalab
    • 2015, Virgilio S. Almario, Pagpaplanong Wika at Filipino‎, archived from the original on 27 August 2018, page 120:
      Hindi sapat ang wasto at episyenteng wika; gusto ng tao na mapaunlad at maging kasangkapan niya sa pag-unlad ang kaniyang wika.
      Correct and efficient language is not sufficient; the people desire progress and that language become their implement for progress.
  • episyensiya

See also

Further reading
  • “episyente”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.