"Gasto" is a word in HILIGAYNON
gásto - (Sp. gasto) Expense, outlay,
expenditure, disbursement; to spend,
expend, disburse, pay out. Pilá ang gásto
(ginagásto) mo sa isá ka simána? How
much do you spend weekly? Gingastohán
ko na sing duhá ka líbo ka písos ang bág-o
ko nga baláy kag walâ pa mahumán. I
have spent two thousand pesos on my new
house, and it is not finished yet. Maggásto
ka sing pilá ka gatús ka písos kag saráng
mo mailísan ang atóp nga kógon sing
sin.—Húo, matúod man, ápang walâ akó
sing ikagásto. Spend a few hundred pesos
and you can change your cogon-roof for
one of galvanized iron.—Yes, quite true, but
I have not got the wherewithal. Batóna iní
nga igásto sa imo nga hinákay. Take this
to pay your fare. (cf. uyáng, hinguyáng,
úsik).
Those who seek to listen to their own inner voice forget to listen to the judgment of others.
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