presinto

Esperanto

Noun

presinto (accusative singular presinton, plural presintoj, accusative plural presintojn)

1. singular past nominal active participle of presi

Galician

Verb

presinto

1. first-person singular present indicative of presentir

Ido

Verb

presinto

1. singular nominal past active participle of presar

Tagalog

Etymology

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English precinct, influenced by Spanish precinto (“seal”), recinto (“precinct; enclosure”), ultimately from Latin praecīnctum (“enclosure; boundary line”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /pɾeˈsinto/ [pɾɛˈsin̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -into
• Syllabification: pre‧sin‧to

Noun

presinto (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. (law enforcement) precinct
2. (elections) precinct
3. polling station; voting station

   Synonym: estasyon

Further reading

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