empatso

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• impatso

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish empacho (“blockage of the stomach”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔemˈpat͡ʃo/ [ʔɛmˈpaː.t͡ʃo]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /ʔemˈpatso/ [ʔɛmˈpat̪.so]
• Rhymes: -at͡ʃo, (no yod coalescence) -atso
• Syllabification: em‧pat‧so

Noun

empatso (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋ᜔ᜉᜆ᜔ᜐᜓ)

1. indigestion

   Synonyms: di-pagkatunaw, indihestiyon, ahito

Derived terms

• empatsuhin
• maempatso
• magkaempatso

 

Related terms

• empatsado

See also

• matunawan

Further reading

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