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Basque
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish espíritu.
Pronunciation
Noun
espiritu anim
- spirit
Bikol Central
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish espíritu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔesˈpiɾitu/
- Hyphenation: es‧pi‧ri‧tu
Noun
espíritu (Basahan spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜉᜒᜍᜒᜆᜓ)
- spirit, ghost
- Synonym: kalag
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish espíritu.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: es‧pi‧ri‧tu
- IPA(key): /ʔesˈpiɾitu/
Noun
espiritu
- a spirit
- the collective souls of man or another entity
- a supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel
- a proof; a measure of the alcohol content of liquor
Hiligaynon
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish espíritu.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: es‧pi‧ri‧tu
- IPA(key): /ʔesˈpiɾitu/
Noun
espíritu
- spirit, soul, ghost
- Synonym: kalag
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish espíritu, from Latin spiritus.
Pronunciation
Noun
espíritú (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜉᜒᜇᜒᜆᜓ)
- spirit; soul
- Synonyms: kaluluwa, (neologism) batlaya
- ghost
- Synonym: multo
- state of mind
- Synonyms: diwa, damdamin
- strong liquor; spirit
- Synonym: likor
- efficacy (of wine)
- Synonym: bisa
Derived terms
Further reading
- “espiritu”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018