BUTO
This word has at least two meanings. butó bone mga butó bones walang butó without bone = boneless, weak buto’t balat skin and bones butó ng tao human bone butó hard seed butó ng pakwan watermelon seed...
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isang pananong; isang salitang tumutukoy sa anumang bagay, kuwan Ano? What? Ano ito? What is this? Ano iyan? What is that? – close to the one talking Ano iyon? What is that? – far away from the ones...
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This word has at least two different meanings. Aba! an interjection Aba, siyempre! Well, of course! Oo. Yes. Aba, oo! “Hell, yeah!” The Tagalog exclamation Aba! is also used to express admiration...
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The Tagalog word po is added to sentences in order to show respect to older people. Salamat. Thanks. Salamat po. Thank you. Tuloy ka. Enter. Tuloy po kayo. Please come in. Ako. Me. Ako po. Me, sir. Oo....
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paningin, pantanaw, pangmalas matá eye mga matá eyes ang magaganda mong mga matá your beautiful eyes matalas ang matá sharp-eyed matang-lawin “hawk-eye” = keen-eyed abot ng matá within eye’s reach =...
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This is a colloquial Tagalog word. Possible root word: tana, from kata na Tara! Let’s go. Tara na! Let’s go already. Tara na, Biyahe tayo. Let’s go, Let’s travel. In 2017, it was revealed during...
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This word is from the Spanish viernes. Biyernes Friday Biyernes Santo Holy Friday, Good Friday (the Friday before Easter Sunday) ngayong Biyernes this Friday sa susunod na Biyernes next Friday...
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Two common uses for the word na. na, adv now, already This Tagalog word is used more often than ‘now’ and ‘already’ in English. It’s in almost every other Tagalog sentence that’s uttered in...
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Ang tula ayon kay Samuel Taylor Coleridge ay ang mga pinakamabuting salita sa kanilang pinakamabuting kaayusan (“the best words in the best order”). The Tagalog word for ‘poetry’ is panulaan or simply...
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walang-laman, basyo, guwang, buaw, lungkag; malukong, hupyak, humpak hungkag concave hungkag hollow hungkag empty Kahulugan sa Tagalog: Meaning in Tagalog: walang anumang laman containing nothing...
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This is not a commonly used word in conversation. dawag: thorny path dawag: obstacle dawag: spine of rattan MGA KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG dawag: daang matinik at masukal dawag: sagabal dawag (botanikal):...
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This word is from the Spanish sillon. silyón armchair The common Spanish-derived Filipino word for a simple ‘chair’ is silya. KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG silyón: silyang may patungán ng mga braso * Visit us...
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This is not a common word at all. MGA KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG hagap, hinagap: haka, muni, isip, palagay, idea, akala hágap: pangkalahatang idea o hindi tiyak na opinyon humagap: nagmuni, nag-isip,...
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tanggal, tastas, kalag; di-nakatupad sa pangako, tulad ng kasunduang pagpapakasal kalás detached kalás disconnected kalás loose mga kinalas-kalas na parte ng kompyuter detached computer parts Tanggalin...
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hindi mababata: intolerable, cannot be endured KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG mababata: matitiis mababata: matatanggap na hirap hindi mababata: hindi matitiis Arsobispo ay hinarap at ganito ang pahayag: O,...
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This word is now more used in the figurative sense, particularly in literary texts. kitil: pitas, pupol, putol, puti, pigtaw kitil: (patalinhaga) patay kitil nip off kumitil kill off ang buhay ay...
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root word: lilo paglililo treason paglililo betrayal KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG paglililo: pagtataksil, pagsusukab, pagtatraydor Ang balak na paglililo na gagawin kay Don Juan… kaliluhan, pinaglililuhan...
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root word: hagap KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG isahagap: isaisip, isaalaala “Don Jua’y di ko hangad tapusin ang pag-uusap, nguni’t yaong isahagap ang ama mong nililiyag. “Malaon nang naiinip sa hindi mo...
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This word is from the Spanish language. esmaltador enameller esmálte enamel esmaltado enamelled KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG esmaltadór: tagapinta o tagalagay ng esmalte misspelling: esamltado * Visit us here...
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This word is from the Spanish language. esmálte enamel esmaltado enamelled KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG Ang esmálte o enámel ay malakristal na malabòng pinta na nagsisilbing makinis at matigas na bálot. Ito...
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