SAPIRO
This word is from the Spanish zafiro. sá·pi·ró sápirósapphire mga sápirósapphires MGA KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG sápiró: hiyas na mámahálin, naaaninag na bughaw at may corundum sápiró: mamahálin, naaaninag...
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This word is from the Spanish traviesa. trab·yé·sa trabyésa crossbeam trabyésa railroad tie spelling variation: trabiyesa KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG trabyésa: piraso ng kahoy na ihihahanay nang pahaláng at...
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This word is from the Spanish fecha. pét·sa petsa calendar date Ano ang petsa? What’s the date? Ano ang petsa ngayon? What’s the date today? itaga ang petsa sa kalendaryo carve the date on the calendar...
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This word is from the Spanish callo. kál·yo callus kalyadong kamay callused hand Kalyado ang mga kamay ko. My hands are callused. malaking kalyo large callus Ang laki ng kalyo ko sa paa. The callus on...
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This is a slang Filipino word. lés·pu cop léspu police Walang mga lespu ! There aren’t any cops ! This term derives from the inversion of syllables in the word pulis. “Natiyempuhan ka ba ng mga lespu...
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Likely a shortened form of pulisya (from the Spanish policía), and influenced by the English. Pulis! Police! pulisya formal word for “police” Pambansang Pulisya ng Pilipinas Philippine National Police...
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Halimbawa ng Naratibong Komposisyon: Hari ng Lansangan * Visit us here at TAGALOG LANG.
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root word: wika (language, something uttered) sawikain an idiom sawikain an idiomatic expression Often mistaken for the Tagalog word salawikain (proverb). Mga Halimbawa ng Sawikain Examples of Tagalog...
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This word is ultimately from the French. The Spanish translation is cabaré. ká·ba·rét kábarétcabaret The Filipino pronunciation likely came from a visual transliteration of the English word. Cabaret is...
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Slicing off the neck of an animal. gi·lít MGA KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG gilit: hiwa, tahada, tilad gilit: taga, kadlit, paghiwa sa leeg ng manok, hayop, atbp gilitín, gilitán, maggilít MGA KAHULUGAN SA...
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This is a fairly obscure Tagalog word. su·lá·sok nakasusulasok disgusting, stomach-turning nakakasulasok na amoy disgusting odor ✅ nakasusulasok ❌ nakakasulasok KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG sulások: matinding...
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u·lól ulól insane, foolish ulól na aso crazy dog asong ulól crazy dog Daig pa ang asong ulól. Worse than a deranged dog. Daig mo pa ang asong ulól. You’re worse than a deranged dog. KAHULUGAN SA...
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This word is derived from the English ‘sex maniac.’ manyakis pervert mga manyakis perverts Mukha kang manyakis. You look like a sex maniac. Mukhang manyakis ang bagong dating. The newcomer looks like a...
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The Tagalog word dama has many meanings. dáma checkers damahan checkerboard Maglaro tayo ng dama. Let’s play checkers. dáma maid of honor damá felt Damá ko ang iyong pagmamahal. I feel your love....
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This is from the Spanish word escuela. eskwela school Spelling variations: iskwela, iskwelahan, *eskwelahan The native Tagalog word for ‘school’ is paaralan. Filipinos use the Spanish-derived words...
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root words: daán (road, path), bákal (iron) da·áng-bá·kal daáng-bákalrailway spelling variation: daámbákal KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG daáng-bákal: ríles ~ daangbakal * Visit us here at TAGALOG LANG.
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Ang bilang na sumusunod sa tatlo. The number that follows three. apat four (4) apat na piraso four pieces apat na tanong four questions aapat only four aapat na piraso only four pieces labing-apat...
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a·la·gád alagad follower, disciple mga alagad followers, disciples alagad ng batas “disciple of the law” = law enforcer alagad ng Diyosdisciple of Godpriest / pastor / minister KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG...
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This Filipino word is from the Fookien Chinese a-tsì (“eldest sister”). áte older sister ang áte ko my older sister ang aking áte my older sister ang áte mo your older sister ang iyong áte your older...
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