depresasyon

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish depreciación, with change of -ciación to -sasyon (cf. asosasyon, negosasyon) in effort to pronounce two consecutive syllables with /sj/.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /depɾesasˈjon/ [d̪ɛp.ɾɛ.sɐˈʃon̪]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /depɾesasˈjon/ [d̪ɛp.ɾɛ.sɐsˈjon̪]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: dep‧re‧sas‧yon

Noun

depresasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜐᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

1. depreciation (state); disparagement

   Synonym: paghamak

2. (economics) depreciation (decline in value)

See also

• apresyasyon

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• desperasyon