libreta
librêta with stress marks
bankbook; passbook; book of tickets
Usage Note
Libreta is a Spanish loanword (from libreta, small book) referring to a savings passbook issued by a bank or, historically, a booklet of tickets or ration coupons. Older Filipinos often use the term when referring to their bank passbooks, though younger generations now say 'passbook' or use digital banking.
Examples
" Dala ko ang libreta ko. "
Natural Translation
I brought my bankbook.
Literal Translation
Carried I the bankbook my.
" Nasaan ang libreta ko? "
Natural Translation
Where is my bankbook?
Literal Translation
Where the bankbook my?
" Tuwing sasahod ang aking lola, pumupunta siya sa bangko para ipa-update ang kanyang libreta na ilang taon na niyang ginagamit. "
Natural Translation
Whenever my grandmother gets her pay, she goes to the bank to have her bankbook updated, the one she has been using for several years.
Literal Translation
Every-time receives the my grandmother, goes she to bank to have-updated the her bankbook that several years already she using.
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