depensa

See also: dépensa

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish defensa.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: de‧pen‧sa

Noun

depensa

1. defense
2. (law) plaintiff

Verb

depensa

1. to defend

Latin

Participle

dēpēnsa

1. inflection of dēpēnsus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

dēpēnsā

1. ablative feminine singular of dēpēnsus

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• dipensa

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish defensa (“defense”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /deˈpensa/ [d̪ɛˈpɛn̪.sɐ]
• Rhymes: -ensa
• Syllabification: de‧pen‧sa

Noun

depensa (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜉᜒᜈ᜔ᜐ)

1. defense

   Synonyms: pagtanggol, pagsasanggalang

2. (law) plaintiff
3. (military) fort

   Synonyms: kuta, moog

4. fender; bumper (of a car)

Derived terms

• depensahan
• dumepensa

Related terms

• depensibo