balagtasan

== Tagalog == === Etymology === From balagtas +‎ -an. Sense “form of debate”, from Balagtas +‎ -an (supposedly after Francisco Balagtas). === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˌbalaɡˈtasan/ [ˌbaː.lɐɡˈt̪aː.sɐn̪] Rhymes: -asan Syllabification: ba‧lag‧ta‧san === Noun === bálagtásan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜎᜄ᜔ᜆᜐᜈ᜔) balagtasan (a Philippine form of debate done with poetic verse) direct way across to a place ==== Derived terms ==== makipagbalagtasan ==== Related terms ==== ==== See also ==== debate pagtatalo === Further reading === “balagtasan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 balagtasan on the Tagalog Wikipedia.Wikipedia tl