EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
To enchant; to bewitch...
gizzard...
bamboo container...
Pang-uri
Isang katangian ng pagiging kalmado, matatag ang loob, at hindi nakakaramdam ng takot, kaba, o pagkabalisa sa harap ng isang hamon o sitwasyon.
/ing-kan-TU-hin/
FIL: Ang paglalagay ng isang tao, bagay, o lugar sa ilalim ng kapangyarihan ng mahika o kababalaghan.
EN: To enchant; to bewitch
This is what happens when you catch the eye of that crush from across the room and suddenly you forget your own name. Para kang in-engkanto. It's the act of putting someone under a spell, whether by an actual 'engkanto' or just by someone's killer smile. The 'jowa' effect.
From Spanish 'encantar' (to enchant), adapted with Tagalog verb suffix '-hin'.
The object-focus form of the verb related to 'engkanto'.
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🇵🇭 Baka ingkantuhin ka ng diwata kung hindi ka magbibigay-galang pagdaan sa gubat.
🇺🇸 The nature spirit might bewitch you if you don't show respect when passing through the forest.
Pang-uri
Isang katangian ng pagiging kalmado, matatag ang loob, at hindi nakakaramdam ng takot, kaba, o pagkabalisa sa harap ng isang hamon o sitwasyon.