ahensiya-de-empenyo

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• ahensiya-de-empenyos
• ahensya-de-empenyo, ahensya-de-empenyos — superseded, pre-2007

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˌhensia de ʔemˈpenjo/ [ʔɐˌhɛn̪.ʃɐ d̪ɛ ʔɛmˈpɛː.ɲo]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /ʔaˌhensia de ʔemˈpenjo/ [ʔɐˌhɛn̪.sjɐ d̪ɛ ʔɛmˈpɛn̪.jo]
• 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

Related terms

• ahensiya
• ahente
• empenyo
• prenda

 

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