umutang
umútang with stress marks
to borrow money
From root: utang
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
umutang
u-MU-tang
borrowed
Present (Incomplete)
umuutang
u-mu-U-tang
is borrowing
Future (Contemplated)
uutang
u-U-tang
will borrow
Usage Note
Umutang is the actor-focus infinitive of utang, foregrounding the borrower in a transaction of debt. The concept of utang is culturally significant in the Philippines, extending beyond financial borrowing to the moral framework of utang na loob — a deep sense of social indebtedness and obligation — though umutang in the financial sense is neutral and very common in everyday speech.
Examples
" Ayaw kong umutang sa kapitbahay. "
Natural Translation
I don't want to borrow money from the neighbor.
Literal Translation
Not-want I to-borrow-money to neighbor.
" Napilitan siyang umutang ng pera para sa pambili ng gamot. "
Natural Translation
He/She was forced to borrow money to buy medicine.
Literal Translation
Forced he/she to-borrow-money of money for for buying of medicine.
" Kung wala kang ipon para sa emergency, mapipilitan kang umutang at baka mahirapan kang magbayad sa hinaharap. "
Natural Translation
If you have no savings for an emergency, you will be forced to borrow money and may struggle to repay it in the future.
Literal Translation
If none you savings for the emergency, will-be-forced you to-borrow-money and maybe struggle you to-pay in future.
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