TOYÒ
The Chinese-derived Filipino word toyò means ‘soy sauce.’ Popular brands of toyò in the Philippines: Marca Piña, Silver Swan Lauriat toyomansi a dipping sauce of soy sauce and calamansi toyò irrational...
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from the Spanish word viernes Biyernes Friday Biyernes Santo Holy Friday, Good Friday (the Friday before Easter Sunday) ngayong Biyernes this Friday sa susunod na Biyernes next Friday nakaraang...
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This is from the Spanish word sábado. Sabado Saturday ngayong Sabado this Saturday sa Sabadong ito on this Saturday tuwing Sabado every Saturday nitong nakaraang Sabado ng gabi this past Saturday night...
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isdang pinausukan (smoked fish) Among the fish popularly smoked in the Philippines are bangus (milkfish), tamban, galunggong, and tilapia. Tinapang Salinas is an iconic product of the town of Rosario...
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Spelling variations: camias, kalamyas kamias the fruit of the tree Averrhoa bilimbi Kamias grows in clusters on trees. It’s been called “tree cucumber” in English. The fruit is used as a souring agent...
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This is from the Spanish word enero. Enero January unang buwan ng taon first month of the year buwan ng Enero month of January Araw ng Tatlong Hari Day of Three Kings unang linggo ng Enero first week...
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Tikoy word origin: Filipino adaptation of the Hokkien Chinese words: ‘ti’ and ‘ke’ which mean sweet and cake. Tikoy is the most popular treat during Lunar New Year festivities in the Philippines, as...
View ArticleBULALAS
bulalas: ejaculation; outburst; storm ibulalas: to exclaim, pour out ibubulalas: will reveal, tell everyone ibinulalas: exclaimed; frankly expressed bulalas: eksklamasyon, biglang-sabi bulalas:...
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Spelling variaitons: gondol, gundol, condol, kondol kundol winter melon puting kalabasa white gourd (not common in Tagalog) may pagkit na kalabasa wax gourd (not common in Tagalog) Kundol is one of...
View ArticleHOPYA
More commonly spelled as hopia. The spelling hopyà is based on native Tagalog orthography. The word comes from the Chinese hò pià (好餅), meaning ‘good pastry.’ Hopia is an inexpensive Filipino pastry...
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kabuuan ng 12 buwan taón year sa bagong taón in the new year Manigong Bagong Taon! Prosperous New Year! taunan annual, yearly sa taong Dalawang Libo at Sampu in the year Two Thousand and Ten sa taong...
View ArticleTARANTADO
from the Spanish atarantado tarantado foolish + shameless tarantado silly + disrespectful Closer to the nuance, see below: Tarantado ka. You’re a stupid asshole. You’re a moron. Isa ka pang tarantado....
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lalo, higit, mas; muna, hanggang ngayon pa, adv more, still, even This is another Tagalog word that is hard to translate exactly into English. A few examples may help in understanding how it’s used....
View ArticleMERON
The Tagalog word meron is a shortened version of mayroon. It means “there is…” or “to have…” Meron akong sikreto. I have a secret. Meron sila. They have. Meron silang kotse. They have a car. Merong...
View ArticleAGIMAT
amuleto agimat amulet agimat talisman agimat apotrope An apotrope is an object used to avert or combat evil. The Tagalog word agimat refers to objects such as amulets or talismans that are intended...
View ArticlePAHINGÁ
root word: hingá pahingá rest, relaxation, day off araw ng pahingá day of rest (rest day, rd) Kailangan ang araw ng pahinga mo? When’s your day of rest? namamahinga resting Magpahinga ka muna. First...
View ArticleLINGGO
This is likely influenced by the Spanish word domingo. The Malay word is minggu, from the Portuguese domingo. The word linggo can mean ‘Sunday’ or ‘week.’ (To compare, the Spanish word for ‘week’ is...
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This is from the Spanish word agresión. agresyon aggression agresyon: pagsalakay, pananalakay agresyon: pandarahas, pandaraluhong * Visit us here at TAGALOG LANG.
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agulo: kalunya, kerida agulo: kaapid agulo: numero-dos, kulasisi agulo: pagpatol sa may-asawa * Visit us here at TAGALOG LANG.
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This is from Spanish. agrimensor land surveyor agrimensor land measurer agrimensor: manunukat-lupa agriensor: tagasukat-lupa * Visit us here at TAGALOG LANG.
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