EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to obligate, compel, require...
to have something raised; to increase...
to have something leveled or flattened...
Pang-uri
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/mang-ob-li-GA/
FIL: Ang atasan o pilitin ang isang tao na gawin ang isang bagay bilang isang tungkulin o pananagutan, kadalasan ay dahil sa isang kasunduan, batas, o moral na dahilan.
EN: to obligate, compel, require
The special skill of titas and bosses. It's when someone 'asks' you to do something in a way that you can't say no. 'Di kita **inoobliga**, pero...' is the classic opening line before you're guilt-tripped into doing something. It's the power of 'utang na loob' and social pressure rolled into one verb.
From 'mang-' and 'obliga', which is derived from the Spanish 'obligar' (to obligate).
Carries a sense of compulsion, whether legal, social, or moral. The prefix 'mang-' suggests the act of imposing this obligation on others.
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🇵🇭 Ang batas ay nang-oobliga sa mga mamamayan na magbayad ng buwis.
🇺🇸 The law obligates citizens to pay taxes.
🇵🇭 Huwag kang mang-obliga ng tao kung ayaw niyang tumulong.
🇺🇸 Don't compel someone if they don't want to help.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.