pasakalye

Borrowed from Spanish pasacalle.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /pasaˈkalje/ [pɐ.sɐˈxal.jɛ]
• Rhymes: -alje
• Syllabification: pa‧sa‧kal‧ye

pasakalye (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜐᜃᜎ᜔ᜌᜒ) (music)

1. passacaglia (historical Spanish dance)
2. opening (of a song)

   Synonym: tambiling

3. (by extension) overture

   Synonym: obertura

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