ahensiya de-empenyo

See also: ahensiya de empenyo and ahensiya-de-empenyo

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• ahensiya de-empenyos
• ahensiya de-impenyo, ahensiya de-impenyos
• ahensya de-empenyo, ahensya de-empenyos — superseded, pre-2007
• ahensya de-impenyo, ahensya de-impenyos — superseded, pre-2007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 palatal assimilation) /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 ᜀᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ ᜇᜒᜁᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜓ)

1. pawnshop

   Synonyms: bahay-sanglaan, sanglaan, ahensiya, empenyo

Related terms

• ahensiya
• ahente
• empenyo
• huwego de-prenda
• 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