EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to bait (a trap or hook)...
pass to; I'll pass on that...
passport...
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FIL: Lagyan ng pain o pang-akit ang isang bagay, karaniwan ay patibong o bingwit, upang makahuli.
EN: to bait (a trap or hook)
This is what you do before you can catch fish, or a mouse, or even a potential customer. You put the 'pain' (bait) on the 'kawil' (hook). 'Painan mo 'yang bitag para mahuli 'yung daga.' In marketing, a freebie or a discount is the 'pain' you use to 'painan' your sales funnel.
'Pain' (bait) + '-an' (locative/applicative suffix). To put bait onto something.
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🇵🇭 Painan mo ng bulate ang bingwit.
🇺🇸 Bait the fishhook with a worm.
🇵🇭 Kailangang painan ang patibong para may mahuling baboy-ramo.
🇺🇸 The trap needs to be baited to catch a wild boar.
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Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.