balagtasan
Tagalog
Etymology
From balagtas + -an. Sense "form of debate", from Balagtas + -an (supposedly after Francisco Balagtas).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˌbalaɡˈtasan/ [ˌba.lɐɡˈta.sɐn]
- Rhymes: -asan
- Syllabification: ba‧lag‧ta‧san
Noun
bálagtásan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜄ᜔ᜆᜐᜈ᜔)
- balagtasan (a Philippine form of debate done with poetic verse)
- direct way across to a place
Derived terms
- makipagbalagtasan
See also
- debate
- pagtatalo
Further reading
- “balagtasan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
balagtasan on the Tagalog Wikipedia.Wikipedia tl
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