utang-na-loob

• otang na loob, otang loob — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• utang na loob — common
• utang ng loob
• utang-loob — obsolete

Literally, “owed will; heart debt; internal debt”.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˌʔutaŋ na loˈʔob/ [ˌʔuː.t̪ɐŋ n̪ɐ loˈʔob̚]
• Rhymes: -ob
• Syllabification: u‧tang-na-lo‧ob

utang-na-loób (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜆᜅ᜔ᜈᜎᜓᜂᜊ᜔)

1. (idiomatic) sense of gratitude; debt of gratitude

   May utang-na-loob ako sa pagtulong niya sa akin.

   I owe him one for his help.

utang-na-loób (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜆᜅ᜔ᜈᜎᜓᜂᜊ᜔)

1. please!; God forbid!

   Synonym: sige na

   Utang-na-loob, maglaan ka ng kaunti para may sapat tayong makain.

   I beg of you, share a little so we'd have enough to eat.

2. for crying out loud!

   Utang-na-loob, umalis ka diyan!

   For crying out loud, get out of there!

• “utang-na-loob”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “utang-na-loob”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: Ateneo de Manila., page 1369
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎^[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 448: “Obligaçion) Otang loob (pp) q̃ vno tiene a otro, duo dic: ano cayang otang cong loob ſaiyo? que obligaçionte tengo yo? malacqi din ang otang mong loob ſaacqin, grande obligacion me tienes”