EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to have a visitor/guest...
person in charge, caretaker...
a type of Filipino sweet bread...
Pang-uri
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/mag-ka-bi-SI-ta/
FIL: Ang pagkakaroon o pagdating ng isang panauhin o bisita.
EN: to have a visitor/guest
That moment of panic when your mom yells 'Ayusin mo 'yang sala, may darating!' because you're about to 'magkabisita'. It's the act of having guests, which triggers a nationwide cleaning frenzy known as the 'pag may bisita lang naglilinis' phenomenon.
From 'magka-' (to have) + 'bisita' (visitor), from Spanish 'visita'.
ROOT MEANING: visitor; guest
A very common expression. The future tense is 'magkakabisita', present is 'nagkakabisita', past is 'nagkabisita'.
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🇵🇭 Bukas kami magkabisita mula sa probinsya.
🇺🇸 Tomorrow we will have a visitor from the province.
🇵🇭 Naglinis ako ng bahay dahil nagkabisita kami kahapon.
🇺🇸 I cleaned the house because we had a visitor yesterday.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.