EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to make someone work...
torpedo (weapon)...
to sabotage a courtship...
Pang-uri
Isang kalagayan o lugar na may kakulangan o kawalan ng suplay ng tubig.
/pa-pag-tra-ba-HU-hin/
FIL: Utusan o atasan ang isang tao na magsagawa ng isang gawain, tungkulin, o trabaho.
EN: to make someone work
What your manager does when they see you watching YouTube during office hours. It's the official term for "Hoy, 'di ka bayad para tumunganga!" Can also be used for that tamad na jowa you need to motivate to wash the dishes.
From pa- (causative) + pag- (causative/agentive) + trabaho (work).
ROOT MEANING: work, job, labor
A complex causative verb, often used in a context of authority, like a boss to an employee or a parent to a child.
🇵🇭 Kailangan mong papagtrabahuhin ang mga bago mong tauhan para masubok ang kanilang kakayahan.
🇺🇸 You need to make your new staff work to test their abilities.
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Pang-uri
Isang kalagayan o lugar na may kakulangan o kawalan ng suplay ng tubig.