Umento
increase; increment; risenoun / verb
- Alternative meanings
Increase, increment, or rise; a change in which something becomes greater in amount, value, price, size, level, or intensity.
- Pronunciation
oo-MEN-toh
- Root and affixes
A loanword adapted from Spanish aumento. It is used to express increase or increment; it is also related in meaning to dugang, to add or more.
- Variants or conjugations
pagdugang = addition or increase; dugangan = to increase or add; pagsaka = rise or increase; nagdugang = increasing
- Related words and expressions
add, addition, rise, price, amount
- Meaning and usage notes
Use umento for a general increase or increment. For a rise in price or level, pagsaka may sound natural; for adding more quantity, pagdugang or dugangan is more specific.
Adunay umento sa presyo sa bugas.
There is an increase in the price of rice.
Ang umento sa kita makatabang sa pamilya.
The increase in income helps the family.