agwa bendita

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish agua bendita.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˌʔaɡwa benˈdita/ [ˌʔaːɡ.wɐ bɛnˈdiː.tɐ]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: ag‧wa ben‧di‧ta

Noun

agwa bendita (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄ᜔ᜏ ᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜆ)

1. (Christianity) holy water

Related terms

• bendita

 

References

• “agwa bendita”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018