EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to be swindled; to be conned...
deserve (slang)...
bedridden; prostrate...
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.
/ma-TE-kas/
FIL: Maging biktima ng panloloko o pandaraya, lalo na sa usaping pampinansyal.
EN: to be swindled; to be conned
Yung nagpa-budol ka online. You thought you were buying a legit iPhone 15 for 5k, but you got a bar of soap. You just got natekas. It's when someone scams you out of your hard-earned pera. The 'na-' form (natekas) is more common for past tense.
A colloquial term. The root 'tekas' means swindling. The more formal term is 'maloko' or 'madaya'.
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🇵🇭 Mag-ingat ka sa mga investment scams para hindi ka matekas.
🇺🇸 Be careful of investment scams so you won't be swindled.
🇵🇭 Natekas siya ng malaking halaga sa pekeng ahente.
🇺🇸 She was conned out of a large sum of money by a fake agent.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.