subukan

Tagalog

Etymology

From subok + -an.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: su‧bu‧kan
  • IPA(key): /suˈbukan/, [sʊˈbuxɐn] (verb)
  • IPA(key): /subuˈkan/, [sʊbʊˈxan] (noun)

Verb

subukan (complete sinubukan, progressive sinusubukan, contemplative susubukan)

  1. to try; to attempt; to try out
    Synonyms: atuhan, purbahan
  2. to taste; to sample the taste of
    Synonym: tikman
  3. to spy on; to observe or watch secretly

Conjugation

  • magsubok
  • sumubok

Noun

subukán

  1. act of pitting each other's strength, skill, ability, etc.
    Synonym: pagsusubukan
  2. place for audition
  3. testing ground

See also

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