dumampot
dumampót with stress marks
to pick up
From root: dampot
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
dumampot
du-mam-POT
picked up
Present (Incomplete)
dumadampot
du-ma-dam-POT
is picking up
Future (Contemplated)
dadampot
da-dam-POT
will pick up
Usage Note
Dumampot is the actor-focus form of dampot, literally meaning to pick something up from the ground, but in slang and news media it is widely used for police picking someone up for arrest. The dual register — mundane retrieval and informal detention — makes it a useful word to recognize.
Examples
" Dumampot ako ng bato. "
Natural Translation
I picked up a stone.
Literal Translation
Picked-up I of stone.
" Tumigil siya para dumampot ng barya. "
Natural Translation
They stopped to pick up a coin.
Literal Translation
Stopped they in order to pick up of coin.
" Yumuko siya para dumampot ng nahulog na susi bago pa ito matapakan ng dumaraang mga sasakyan. "
Natural Translation
He bent down to pick up the dropped key before the passing cars could run over it.
Literal Translation
Bent he in-order-to pick-up of fell key before it run-over by passing cars.
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