repregunta

See also: repreguntá

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /repɾeˈɡunta/ [re.pɾeˈɣ̞ũn̪.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -unta
• Syllabification: re‧pre‧gun‧ta

Etymology 1

Deverbal from repreguntar.

Noun

repregunta f (plural repreguntas)

1. (law) cross-examination

Etymology 2

Verb

repregunta

1. inflection of repreguntar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “repregunta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish repregunta.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɾepɾeˈɡunta/ [ɾɛ.pɾɛˈɣun̪.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -unta
• Syllabification: re‧pre‧gun‧ta

Noun

repregunta (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜄᜓᜈ᜔ᜆ)

1. cross-examination

   Synonyms: balik-tanong, balik-eksaminasyon, sulit-tanong

Further reading

• “repregunta” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 506