This word is recently coined slang. It’s one of those funny coinages that Filipinos often come up with by blending English vocabulary words that sound like Tagalog words, as well as mixed-in grammar conjugation.
pating
shark
tingin
look
The Tagalog word for “shark” is pating, while the word for “look” is tingin.
Combine the two together, you get patingin, which happens to actually mean “Let me have a look.”
Pa-shark.
Let me have a look.
Pa-shark.
Let me have a look.
MGA KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG
pashark: patingin
