bentaha

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish ventaja.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ben‧ta‧ha

Noun

bentaha

  1. advantage, upper hand

Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • bentahe, bintahe — pseudo-Hispanism
  • bintaha

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ventaja, from aventaja, from French avantage, from Old French avantage.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /benˈtaha/ [bɛn̪ˈt̪aː.hɐ]
  • Rhymes: -aha
  • Syllabification: ben‧ta‧ha

Noun

bentaha (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜑ)

  1. advantage, upper hand, as in games
    Synonyms: liyamado, lamang, higit
  2. advantage, the good of things
    Synonyms: buti, husay

See also

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.