EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to confiscate; to seize...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
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/kum-pis-ka-HIN/
FIL: Ang pagkuha o pagsamsam sa isang pag-aari sa pamamagitan ng kapangyarihan o awtoridad.
EN: to confiscate; to seize
What happens to your phone when your teacher catches you texting in class, or what the MMDA does to a vendor's paninda on the sidewalk. It's the official, authority-backed version of 'Akin na 'yan!' (Give me that!).
From Spanish 'confiscar' (to confiscate).
This is the object-focus verb form (-in suffix). The actor-focus form is 'kumumpiska'.
🇵🇭 Binalaan sila na kumpiskahin ang kanilang mga paninda kung hindi sila aalis.
🇺🇸 They were warned that their goods would be confiscated if they did not leave.
🇵🇭 Maaaring kumpiskahin ng guwardiya ang anumang ipinagbabawal na gamit.
🇺🇸 The guard can confiscate any prohibited items.
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Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.