EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to register, to sign up...
sis; girl...
sis; girl (emphatic)...
Pang-uri
Hindi nagbabago, hindi kumukupas, o hindi natatapos; walang hanggan.
/mag-pa-LIS-ta/
FIL: Ang pagpapatala ng sariling pangalan o ng iba sa isang opisyal na listahan para sa isang tiyak na layunin.
EN: to register, to sign up
This is what you do for everything in the Philippines. To get 'ayuda'? Magpalista sa barangay. To join a Zumba class? Magpalista. To get a discount at the grocery? Magpalista for the loyalty card. It's the act of getting your name on "the list," which is the first step to almost any bureaucratic or social process here.
From `magpa-` (causative prefix) and `lista` (list), from Spanish 'lista'.
A causative verb where the subject causes their own name (or someone else's) to be added to a list.
🇵🇭 Pumila siya nang maaga para magpalista sa libreng bakuna.
🇺🇸 She lined up early to register for the free vaccine.
🇵🇭 Gusto kong magpalista sa fun run sa susunod na buwan.
🇺🇸 I want to sign up for the fun run next month.
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Pang-uri
Hindi nagbabago, hindi kumukupas, o hindi natatapos; walang hanggan.