EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to have someone order/handle something; to place a...
numbness; pins and needles...
to become numb; to have cramps...
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FIL: Ang paghiling o pag-uutos sa isang tao na asikasuhin, bilhin, o dalhin ang isang bagay para sa iyo.
EN: to have someone order/handle something; to place an order
The official verb of "pasabuy." Before Shopee and Lazada became kings, this was how you got stuff from abroad. You'd ask a relative flying home, "Uy, pa-engkargo naman ng Toblerone!" It's basically outsourcing your shopping list to someone else.
From Spanish `encargo` meaning "order," "commission," or "charge." Combined with the Tagalog `magpa-` prefix.
ROOT MEANING: commission; order; task; charge
Commonly used when asking someone, especially someone traveling, to buy something on your behalf.
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🇵🇭 Sino ang pupuntang Japan? Gusto ko sanang magpaengkargo ng KitKat.
🇺🇸 Who's going to Japan? I'd like to have someone buy me some KitKat.
🇵🇭 Nagpaengkargo siya ng mga libro mula sa Amerika sa kanyang tiyahin.
🇺🇸 She placed an order for books from America through her aunt.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.