EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
collector (of payments, bets, etc.)...
to bow, to stoop, to duck...
to stoop, to bend over...
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.
/ma-ngo-ngob-RA/
FIL: Isang tao na ang trabaho ay ang mangolekta o maningil ng bayad, utang, o taya.
EN: collector (of payments, bets, etc.)
The person you either avoid or eagerly wait for. They're the one collecting for the monthly 'paluwagan', the Bumbay on a motorcycle for the 5-6 loan, or the agent from the appliance store. The **mangongobra** is the human version of a recurring billing notification.
From 'mang-' (prefix for doer of action) + reduplicated first syllable 'ko-' + 'kobra' (from Spanish 'cobrar', to collect/charge).
Commonly refers to collectors of debts, rent, utility bills, or informal bets like jueteng.
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🇵🇭 Kumatok ang mangongobra ng upa kaninang umaga.
🇺🇸 The rent collector knocked this morning.
🇵🇭 Nagtatago siya sa tuwing dumarating ang mangongobra.
🇺🇸 He hides whenever the collector arrives.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.