subasta

See also: subastá

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish subasta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suˈbasta/ [suˈbas.ta]
• Rhymes: -asta
• Hyphenation: su‧bas‧ta

Noun

subásta (Basahan spelling ᜐᜓᜊᜐ᜔ᜆ)

1. auction

Derived terms

• isubasta
• magsubasta
• pasubasta

Related terms

• subastador

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suˈbasta/ [suˈβ̞as.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -asta
• Syllabification: su‧bas‧ta

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin sub hastā (literally “below the spear”), originally a mark of legal authority for the sale of spoils of war, later designating public auctions.

Noun

subasta f (plural subastas)

1. auction

Hyponyms

• subasta silenciosa

Derived terms

• subastador
• subastero

Related terms

• subastar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

subasta

1. inflection of subastar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “subasta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish subasta.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /suˈbasta/ [sʊˈbas.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -asta
• Syllabification: su‧bas‧ta

Noun

subasta (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜊᜐ᜔ᜆ)

1. auction

Derived terms

• isubasta
• magsubasta
• mangsusubasta
• subastahan