molestiya
Tagalog
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish molestia. The lewd sense is a semantic loan from English molest. Doublet of molesta.
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /moˈlestia/ [moˈlɛs.t͡ʃɐ]
- Rhymes: -estia
- Syllabification: mo‧les‧ti‧ya
Noun
editmoléstiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜌ)
- trouble; nuisance; hassle; annoyance; bother; vexation; inconvenience; pain in the ass; pain in the butt; disturbance; burden; imposition; pestering
- request; plea
- molestation; sexual abuse; the committing of lewdness
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “molestiya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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