porsiyento

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• porsento

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish por ciento.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: por‧si‧yen‧to
• IPA^(key): /poɾsiˈjento/, [pɔɾ̪ˈs̪jin̪.t̪ɔ]

Noun

porsiyento

1. percent

Verb

porsiyento

1. to pay interest
2. to take a percentage commission
3. to get or give a percentage of winnings of a machine owner in gambling

Derived terms

• pamorsiyento

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• porsyento — superseded
• pursyento — superseded
• pursiyento

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish por ciento.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /poɾsiˈento/ [poɾˈʃɛn.to]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: por‧si‧yen‧to

Noun

porsiyento (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜇ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. percent

   Synonym: bahagdan

2. commission (payment)

   Synonym: komisyon

3. (gambling) percentage of winnings taken by a machine owner

Derived terms

• isang daang porsiyento
• mamorsiyento
• mamumursiyento

 

Related terms

• persentahe
• siyento
• siyento-por-siyento
• tanto porsiyento

 

Further reading

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