MAARTE
The Tagalog word maarte originally meant artful or artsy. But it is now used to describe someone, especially a young woman, who can be nitpicky and by extension pretentious. It has a negative...
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The word torpe is usedy to describe young men who don’t know how to approach the girls they like. Sometimes even an attractive man who is confident in other aspects of his life can be seen as torpe...
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root word: awa kawawa pitiful, poor kawawang paruparo poor butterfly Kawawa ka naman. You poor thing. kawawang-kawawa very pitiful kaawa-awa so very pitiful kahabag-habag so very pitiful Mga Kawawang...
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This word is from the Spanish language. dátos data This is always in plural form. MGA KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG dátos: kalipunan ng mga talâng ginagamit na batayan sa pagtiyak ng katotohanan sa anumang...
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root word: talastás (meaning: “known” or “informed”) patalastás: notice, announcement, commercial MGA KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG patalastás: pahatid, pabatid, pasabi patalastás: pabalita, bilin patalastás:...
View ArticlePANG-UKOL
root word: ukol pang-ukol (pnu) preposition Ano ang Pang-ukol? Ito ay kataga o salitang nag-uugnay sa pangngalan o panghalip sa ibang salita sa pangungusap. Mga Halimbawa ng Pang-ukol – sa, nasa – para...
View ArticlePANG-ABAY
Ano ang pang-abay? Ang pang-abay ay bahagi ng pananalita na nagbibigay-turing sa pandiwa. An adverb is a part of speech that modifies a verb. Ito ay salita o parirala na nagtuturing sa katangian ng...
View ArticlePULONG
pú·long púlong meeting kapulungan assembly magpulong a lot of people to meet pinulong gathered people to meet = assembled pulong-balitaan press-con magkasámang pulong balitaan joint press conference...
View ArticleKATITIKAN
root word: títik ká·ti·ti·kán kátitikánminutes of a meeting MGA KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG katitikan: talâ ng pinagpulungan o pinag-usapan Ang kátitikán ng hulíng pulong ay ipinadala sa ibang miyembro ng...
View ArticleBUGTONG
pahulaan bug·tóng riddle mga bugtóng riddles bugtungan exchanging riddles bugtong-bugtungan playing with riddles, making a game out of asking each other riddles Ano ang bugtong? What is a riddle? Ang...
View ArticleSULSOL
This word has at least two meanings listed in standard dictionaries. sulsól: incite, instigate, stir up sulsól: to put out a candle by jabbing MGA KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG sulsól: pagsasabi ng mga bagay na...
View ArticlePUMANHIK
root word: panhík pu·man·hík pumanhíkclimb up (stairsof a house) Pumanhik ka. Go up the stairs. KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG pumanhik: umakyat sa bahay o anumang gusali nang sa hagdan ang daan mamanhik,...
View ArticleKAY
Ang salitang ito ay pang-ukol. This word is a preposition. kay for, to, towards The word kay is used in front of personal names. Kay Ana. To Ana. Pakibigay mo ito kay Ana. Please give this to Ana....
View ArticlePAGMAMAHAL
root word: mahal pagmamahal love, valuing pagmamahal endearment Salamat sa pagmamahal. Thanks for the love. Ganito pala kapag puno ng pagmamahal. So this is what it’s like to be full of love. Ang tibay...
View ArticleINAANAK
root word: anak (child, in the sense of ‘offspring’) i·ná·a·nák inaanak godchild inaanak godson / goddaughter ninong godfather ninang godmother A godchild is a child that you promise to help teach and...
View ArticleMAARTE
The Tagalog word maarte originally meant artful or artsy. But it is now used to describe someone, especially a young woman, who can be nitpicky and by extension pretentious. It has a negative...
View ArticleTORPE
The word torpe is usedy to describe young men who don’t know how to approach the girls they like. Sometimes even an attractive man who is confident in other aspects of his life can be seen as torpe...
View ArticleKAWAWA
root word: awa kawawa pitiful, poor kawawang paruparo poor butterfly Kawawa ka naman. You poor thing. kawawang-kawawa very pitiful kaawa-awa so very pitiful kahabag-habag so very pitiful Mga Kawawang...
View ArticleSINANGAG
Known in colonial times by the Spanish term morisqueta tostada. Filipinos delight in eating sinangag with eggs in -silog dishes. sinangag fried rice KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG sinangág: sangág sangág: bahaw...
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root word: talastás (meaning: “known” or “informed”) patalastás: notice, announcement, commercial MGA KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG patalastás: pahatid, pabatid, pasabi patalastás: pabalita, bilin patalastás:...
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