abogasya

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• abogasia, abogasiya
• abugasiya, abugasya

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish abogacía (“practice of law”), from Medieval Latin advocātia. Doublet of adbokasiya.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ʔaboɡasˈja/ [ʔɐ.bo.ɣɐˈʃa]
    • Rhymes: -a
  • IPA^(key): /ʔaboˈɡasja/ [ʔɐ.boˈɣaː.ʃɐ] (nonstandard)
    • Rhymes: -asja
• Syllabification: a‧bo‧gas‧ya

Noun

abogasyá or abogasya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜓᜄᜐ᜔ᜌ)

1. legal profession; law (profession)

Related terms

• abogada
• abogado

 

Further reading

• “abogasya”, 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 3