GRIPO (grí·po)
This word is from the Spanish grifo. gripo faucet mga gripo faucets tubig water mga bahagi ng gripo parts of a faucet gripong gumagana working faucet gumaganang gripo faucet that is in operation...
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This word is from the Spanish banderita (meaning: small flag or small pennant). banderita: a small pennant used as a colorful trimming in fiesta banners This Filipino word is used in plural form most...
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root words: buong + halit bunghalit: outburst bumunghalit: to burst (into laughter, complaint, anger) Bunghalit na tumutol agad ang mga tagabukid. The farmers immediately burst out in protest. MGA...
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root word: banggít bang·gítmention nabanggítmentioned Nabanggít mo na sa akin.You’ve already mentioned it to me. Nabanggít mo na ba sa kanila?Have you mentioned it to them already? KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG...
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root word: bulahaw (meaning: disturbance) bumulahawdisturbed KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG bulahaw: ingay na gumagambala sa katahimikan bulahaw: bulabog, ligalig, gulo bumulahaw: bumulabog, nanggulo, lumigalig...
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lihis, saliwa, halili, salubong, liwas, taliwas sa·li·sí alternately sa·li·sí in opposite directions This Tagalog word is often used to refer to the situation where two people just missed meeting each...
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root word: tutop Tinutop ng mga pulis ang magnanakaw. The police caught the thief. KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG tinutop: hinuli, tinakpan Hingal na tinutop ni Maria Clara ang dibdib samantalang nakikiramdam....
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sak·nóng stanza of a poem taludtod line in a poem May ilang saknong ang tulang ito? How many stanzas does this poem have? Ano ang saknong? What is a stanza? Ang saknong ay grupo ng mga salita sa loob...
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The Tagalog word for rainbow literally means “king’s loincloth.” bahág (loin cloth) + hari (king) ba·hág·ha·rì rainbow Also sometimes spelled hyphenated as in bahág-hari. bahagharing sayaw rainbow...
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tin, isang metal na kumikintab na tulad ng plata ngunit mas malambot at mas mura lá·ta can lata ng sardinas can of sardines de-lata canned Buksan mo ang lata. Open the can. Here is another meaning for...
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This word has at least two meanings. pasò to get burned pasô burned, scalded napasò got burned napaso sa takip ng kaldero was scalded by the pot cover napaso sa tambutso ng kotse was scalded by the...
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root word: daan pa·ra·ánmethod, system paraan way sa ganitong paraan in this way mga paraan ng pagsasalin methods of translation mga paraan ng pag-aalis ng mga mantsa methods for removing stains...
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palakasan; libangan; pagsusugal, sugal, huwego; linlang, daya, lalang, lansi; siste, biro larô play Maglaro tayo. Let’s play. Naglaro sa bahay. Played at home. makipaglaro to join others in play larô...
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This word has at least two meanings. kapuwa fellow human being kapuwa neighbor A recognition of a shared identity, an inner self shared with others. Kapuwa ko, Mahal ko. My fellow person, I love. “I...
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This word is from the Spanish ajedrez. a·héd·res chess Most Filipinos now simply use the English word. Mag-chess tayo. Let’s play chess. Marunong ka bang mag-tses? Do you know how to play chess? MGA...
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root word: pintakási pa·mi·min·ta·ká·si patronage MGA KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG pamimintakasi: pagdalo sa isang pista pamimintakasi: pagdalo sa isang pasabong kapag pista Ang pamimintakasi natin kay Maria...
View ArticleMUNTÎ (mun·tî)
This can be considered a classical Tagalog word for “small” — as quaint as the use of “little” in English these days. The more widely used contemporary adjective used for “small” is maliit. muntî...
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há·nay hánay file The “file” here refers to a line of people or things one behind another. MGA KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG hánay: mga tao o bagay na nakaayos na tila isang tuwid na guhit hánay: tao na nása...
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