umento

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• aumento
• awmento
• omento

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish aumento, from Latin augmentum.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔuˈmento/ [ʔʊˈmɛn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: u‧men‧to

Noun

umento (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. increase; addition; augment (in wage, compensation, etc.)

   Synonyms: dagdag, karagdagan, taas

Derived terms

• maumentuhan
• umentuhan

 

See also

• kapupunan

Further reading

• “umento”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “umento”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018