piraso

Tagalog

Etymology

Early borrowing from Spanish pedazo, corrupted by /d/~/r/ allophony between vowels.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /piˈɾaso/ [pɪˈɾa.so]
  • Rhymes: -aso
  • Syllabification: pi‧ra‧so

Noun

piraso (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜇᜐᜓ)

  1. piece; fragment; portion
    Synonyms: bahagi, parte, piyesa, (Gasan-Buenavista Marinduque) pilanggot, (Gasan-Buenavista Marinduque) piranggot, (Gasan-Buenavista Marinduque) pilandot, (eastern Marinduque) pisang

Derived terms
  • ipiraso
  • kapi-kapiraso
  • kapiraso
  • magpiraso
  • pagpiraso
  • pagpirasuhin
  • pira-piraso
  • pirasuhin
  • pumiraso

See also

Further reading
  • “piraso”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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