alegorisa

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alegorizar, from Late Latin allēgorizāre, from Ancient Greek ἀλληγορέω (allēgoréō).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaleɡoɾiˈsa/ [ʔɐ.lɛ.ɣo.ɾɪˈsa]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: a‧le‧go‧ri‧sa

Noun

alegorisá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜄᜓᜇᜒᜐ)

  1. act of allegorization
    Synonyms: pagtalinghaga, pagtayutay

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 31
  • 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 23
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