alsamyento

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• alsamiyento — superseded, pre-2014

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish alzar

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Late Latin -mentum

Old Spanish -miento

Spanish -miento

Spanish alzamientobor.

Tagalog alsamyento

Borrowed from Spanish alzamiento.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔalsamˈjento/ [ʔɐl.sɐmˈjɛn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: al‧sam‧yen‧to

Noun

alsamyento (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜐᜋ᜔ᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. uprising; rebellion; revolt

   Synonyms: himagsik, paghihimagsik, alsa, pag-alsa, himagsikan, rebelyon, insureksiyon

Related terms

• alsa
• alsado
• alsaprima
• alta
• alta sosyedad
• altabos
• altapresyon
• altimetriya
• altimetro
• altisimo
• altitud
• alto
• altura
• eksalta
• eksaltado
• eksaltasyon

Further reading

• “alsamyento”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “alsamyento”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• 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 28