bendita

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish agua bendita.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ben‧di‧ta

Noun

bendita

1. holy water

Verb

bendita

1. to splash or sprinkle with holy water
2. to bless someone or something with holy water
3. to consecrate, to make something consecrated by prayer or by sprinkling of holy water

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Spanish bendito.

Noun

bendíta

1. blessing

Verb

bendíta

1. (transitive) bless

Portuguese

Adjective

bendita

1. feminine singular of bendito

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /benˈdita/ [bẽn̪ˈd̪i.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: ben‧di‧ta

Adjective

bendita f

1. feminine singular of bendito

Participle

bendita f sg

1. feminine singular of bendito

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• bindita
• binrita — obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bendita, feminine of bendito.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /benˈdita/ [bɛn̪ˈd̪iː.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: ben‧di‧ta

Adjective

bendita (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜆ)

1. feminine of bendito

Related terms

• agwa-bendita
• bendisyon
• bendito
• pila de agwa-bendita

Noun

bendita (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜆ)

1. Ellipsis of agwa-bendita.

Derived terms

• benditahan

Further reading

• “bendita”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “bendita”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 33: “Agua bendita) Bindita (pp) C. tubig bindita, la tal agua”
  • page 108: “Bendeçir) Bendita (pp) C. agua o otra coſa”