puwesto

Central Bikol

Alternative forms

• pwesto

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish puesto (“stall, stand; postion (in a job)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puˈesto/ [ˈpwes.to]
• Hyphenation: pu‧wes‧to

Adjective

puwésto (Basahan spelling ᜉᜓᜏᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. ready; prepared

   Synonyms: preparado, andam, handa

Noun

puwésto (Basahan spelling ᜉᜓᜏᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. preparation

   Synonyms: preparasiyon, paghanda, pag-andam

2. place; location

   Synonyms: lugar, destino, kamugtakan, rona

Verb

puwésto (plural puweresto, Basahan spelling ᜉᜓᜏᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. to prepare, to ready

   Synonyms: handa, andam, preparar

2. to set the table
3. to serve someone (any commodities)

   Synonym: serbi

Derived terms

• magpuwesto
• puwestohan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• puesto — obsolete
• pwesto — superseded, pre-2007

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish puesto, from Latin postus, from positus.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /puˈwesto/ [ˈpwɛs.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -esto
• Syllabification: pu‧wes‧to

Noun

puwesto (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜏᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. market stall; market stand; booth; marketspace

   Synonyms: lugar, kinatatayuan, tindahan

   Walang bakanteng puwesto sa palengke.

   There's no vacant market space in the wet market.

2. place; space to occupy; geographical position; site; location

   Synonyms: lugar, pook, kinatatayuan, tayuan, lagay, kinalalagyan, kinaroroonan

   Puwesto ko ito.

   This is my place.

3. physical placement; situation; physical positioning

   Synonyms: lagay, pagkakalagay

4. employment; position; appointment; role; post; office; station; situation; responsibility; standing

   Synonyms: trabaho, tungkulin, katungkulan, okupasyon, opisyo, hanapbuhay, empleo

   Gusto niya malagay sa mataas na puwesto.

   He/She wants to be appointed to a high position.

   May puwesto siya sa gobyerno.

   He/She has a government position.

5. rank; place; position in a sequence

   unang puwesto ― first place

   ikalawang puwesto ― second place

   ikatlong puwesto ― third place

Derived terms

• ipuwesto
• magpuwesto
• maipuwesto
• makapuwesto
• pagkapuwesto
• pumuwesto
• puwestuhan

Related terms

• dispuwesto
• impuwesto
• presupwesto
• primer puwesto
• segundo puwesto
• terser puwesto
• ultimo puwesto

Verb

puwesto (complete pinuwesto, progressive pinupuwesto, contemplative pupuwesto, Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜏᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. (colloquial) clipping of ipuwesto

Further reading

• “puwesto”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “puwesto”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Santos, Vito C. (1978), Vicassan's Pilipino-English Dictionary, Revised edition (overall work in Tagalog and English), With an Introduction by Teodoro A. Agoncillo, Metro Manila: National Book Store, →ISBN, page 2168
• Panganiban, José Villa (1973), Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 840