Presyo

cost; price; value; amount; expense depending on contextnoun

Alternative meanings

Presyo means price or cost, especially the amount of money needed to buy a product or service. If cost means expense, expenditure, or money spent, gasto is a more exact related word. Bili can also refer to value or price depending on context.

Pronunciation

PRES-yoh

Root and affixes

Adapted loanword from Spanish precio. Related forms: presyohan = to price or set a price; papresyo = to ask for a price or quotation. Related: gasto = cost/expense; bili = value/price.

Variants or conjugations

mga presyo; presyohan; papresyo; gasto; gugol; bili; tagpila; pila ang presyo

Related words and expressions

cost; price; expense; value; purchase; money; market; product; service; payment

Meaning and usage notes

Use presyo for the price of something being bought or sold. Use gasto when talking about total cost, expense, outlay, or required spending. To ask “how much does it cost?”, use Tagpila? or Pila ang presyo?