"Balagtasan" is a word in HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO
balagtásan - A discussion, disputation,
debate, a literary entertainment, poetical
competition, meeting, where the
conversational language is preferably a
native dialect. (cf. bágtas).
balagtásan (not without l) n contest of reasoning between two men consisting of spoken dialogue in high-flown language.
v [AC2] hold such a contest.
One of the hardest-to-swallow, most countercultural, counter intuitive implications of the gospel is that bearing up under a difficult burden with patient perseverance is a good thing.
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Read the complete definitionpanginahán - To ask for assistance, help, recommendation, etc. Manginahán kitá sa kay Fuláno, agúd madángat ta ang áton ginakinahánglan …
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