Pabasa (en. Reading)

pah-bah-sah

Meaning & Definition

EnglishTagalog

noun

A word describing the act of reading or the activity related to it.

The pabasa is a traditional ritual during Holy Week.

Ang pabasa ay isang tradisyunal na ritwal sa panahon ng Mahal na Araw.

N/A

Reading of the passion

A traditional reading of poems or songs from the Bible held during Holy Week.

Pabasa ng pasyon

passion

A book that carries the story of Christ's Passion, typically read during pabasa.

pasyon

The activity of gathering people to read and pray.

It's funny because not everyone knows how to do a pabasa.

Nakakatawa kasi di lahat nakakaalam kung paano magpabasa.

Passion reading or gathering to read the Passion.

Let's have a pabasa in the town, so we can be with our friends.

Magpabasa tayo sa bayan, para makasama ang mga kaibigan.

A tradition where the Passion is read in the church or elsewhere.

Every Holy Week, there is a pabasa at their barangay corner.

Tuwing Semana Santa, may pabasa sa kanto ng barangay nila.