Traslasyon

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• translacion, translasyon — pseuo-Hispanism
• traslasyon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish traslación (“translation; transfer”), from Latin trānslātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tɾaslasˈjon/ [t̪ɾɐs.lɐˈʃon̪]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /tɾaslasˈjon/ [t̪ɾɐs.lɐsˈjon̪]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: Tras‧las‧yon

Proper noun

Traslasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜇᜐ᜔ᜎᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔) (Catholicism)

1. a procession celebrated annually every January 9 to commemorate the first transfer of the image of the Black Nazarene to Quiapo

See also

• andas
• Nazareno