adolesensiya

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Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish adolescencia, from Latin adolēscentia. Doublet of adolesens.

Pronunciation

Noun

adolesénsiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜓᜎᜒᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ)

  1. adolescence
    Synonyms: hulog, pagbibinata, (of a male) pagdadalaga, (of a female) paglalabintaunin, adolesens

Further reading

  • adolesensiya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • 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 12