piraso

Tagalog

Etymology

Early borrowing from Spanish pedazo, corrupted by /d/~/r/ allophony between vowels.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /piˈɾaso/ [pɪˈɾa.so]
• Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: pi‧ra‧so

Noun

piraso (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜇᜐᜓ)

1. piece; fragment; portion

   Synonyms: bahagi, parte, piyesa, (Gasan-Buenavista Marinduque) pilanggot, (Gasan-Buenavista Marinduque) piranggot, (Gasan-Buenavista Marinduque) pilandot, (eastern Marinduque) pisang

Derived terms

• ipiraso
• kapi-kapiraso
• kapiraso
• magpiraso
• pagpiraso
• pagpirasuhin
• pira-piraso
• pirasuhin
• pumiraso

 

See also

• piranggot

Further reading

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