ahensiya-de-empenyo

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Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish agencia de empeño. See also Spanish casa de empeño.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˌhensia de ʔemˈpenjo/
    • IPA(key): (no yod coalescence) /ʔaˌhensia de ʔemˈpenjo/
  • Rhymes: -enjo
  • Syllabification: a‧hen‧si‧ya-de-em‧pen‧yo

Noun

ahénsiyá-de-empenyo (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜇᜒᜁᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜓ)

  1. pawnshop
    Synonyms: bahay-sanglaan, sanglaan, ahensiya, empenyo

Further reading

  • ahensiya-de-empenyo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 403