balagtasan

Tagalog

Etymology

From balagtas +‎ -an. Sense "form of debate", from Balagtas +‎ -an (supposedly after Francisco Balagtas).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˌbalaɡˈtasan/ [ˌbaː.lɐɡˈt̪aː.sɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -asan
• Syllabification: ba‧lag‧ta‧san

Noun

bálagtásan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜄ᜔ᜆᜐᜈ᜔)

1. balagtasan (a Philippine form of debate done with poetic verse)
2. direct way across to a place

Derived terms

• makipagbalagtasan

See also

• debate
• pagtatalo

Further reading

• “balagtasan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• balagtasan on the Tagalog Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^tl