EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to have (someone) picked up/arrested...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
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Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/i-pa-dam-POT/
FIL: Ang pag-uutos na kunin o arestuhin ang isang tao. Maaari ring tumukoy sa pag-uutos na pulutin ang isang bagay.
EN: to have (someone) picked up/arrested
Has two main uses. The literal: 'Nahulog 'yung susi, **ipadampot** mo nga.' The more common, dramatic use: To have someone arrested, but in a swift, almost casual way. It's less formal than 'ipabilanggo'. "Ang ingay ng mga nag-iinuman sa kanto, **ipadampot** ko na kaya sa barangay?" It's the go-to term for when you want authorities to just... scoop someone up.
From the causative prefix `ipa-` and the root word `dampot` (to pick up with one's fingers).
While it can mean to have something physically picked up, it is more often used colloquially to mean "to have someone arrested."
🇵🇭 Sa sobrang galit ng biktima, gusto niyang ipadampot agad ang magnanakaw.
🇺🇸 The victim was so angry, he wanted to have the thief arrested immediately.
🇵🇭 Huwag kang magkalat diyan, baka ipadampot ko sa'yo lahat 'yan isa-isa.
🇺🇸 Don't make a mess there, or I might make you pick up all of it one by one.
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Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.