oktagono
oktágono with stress marks
octagon
Usage Note
Oktagono is borrowed from Spanish 'octágono' and is the standard formal term for an eight-sided polygon in Filipino mathematics education. It appears in geometry textbooks and is taught in Filipino-medium schools alongside its English equivalent.
Examples
" May oktagono sa libro. "
Natural Translation
There is an octagon in the book.
Literal Translation
There-is octagon in book.
" Isang oktagono ang nakaguhit sa pisara. "
Natural Translation
An octagon is drawn on the blackboard.
Literal Translation
One octagon the drawn on blackboard.
" Ipinakita ng guro na ang isang oktagono ay may walong gilid, kaya iba ito sa hugis ng karaniwang senyas-trapiko. "
Natural Translation
The teacher showed that an octagon has eight sides, so it is different from the shape of an ordinary traffic sign.
Literal Translation
Showed of teacher that the one octagon has eight side, so different this from shape of ordinary traffic-sign.
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