GAHANIP
This is now a fairly obscure Tagalog word. Most students encounter it in old literary texts from two hundred years ago. gahanip a tiny fraction gahanip very miniscule amount Mayaman ka ma’t marikit,...
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This word is from the Spanish traviesa. trab·yé·sa crossbeam trab·yé·sa 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 bocio. bos·yò goiter Most Filipinos these days simply use the English word transliterated as góy·ter. KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG bosyò: paglaki ng glandulang thyroid sa gilid at...
View ArticleIRESPONSABLE
This word is from the Spanish irresponsable. i·res·pon·sá·ble irresponsible MGA KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG iresponsáble: tumutukoy sa sinabi, ginawâ o anumang bagay na hindi pinana-nagutan o walang...
View ArticleKIPOT
MGA KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG kípot: kítid ikípot, kumípot, magpakípot kípot: makitid na lagúsan ng tubig na nag-uugnay sa dalawang dagat o malakíng lawas ng tubig kipót: hapít hapít: lapát na lapát, gaya...
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This word is from the Spanish metáfora. me·tá·po·rá metaphor The native Tagalog term is pagwawangis. Ano ang Metáporá? Ang metapora ay isang tuwirang paghahambing na ang dalawang bagay na pinagtutlad...
View ArticlePATALAAN
root word: talâ pá·ta·là·an registry pátalàang sibil civl registry pátalàang lupa land registry synonym: pálistáhan KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG pátalàan: pook o panahon para sa pagrerehistro o enrolment...
View ArticleI
Ang pangatlong patinig at pampitong letra ng Abakada. The third vowel and the seventh letter in the Abakada. isara to close i-on to turn on i-kandado to lock The English word “I” in Tagalog is ako. Ako...
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This word is from the Spanish tragedia. trahedya tragedy Ano ang trahedya? What is tragedy? Ang trahedya ay isang dulang ang bida ay hahantong sa malungkot na wakas o sa kabiguan. Tragedy is a play in...
View ArticlePONOLOHIYA
This word is from the Spanish fonología. pó·no·lo·hí·ya phonology Phonology is a branch of linguistics concerned with the systematic organization of sounds in languages. An important part of...
View ArticleBAHAGHARI
The Tagalog word for rainbow literally means “king’s loincloth.” bahág (loin cloth) + hari (king) bahághari rainbow Also sometimes spelled hyphenated as in bahág-hari. bahagharing sayaw rainbow dance...
View ArticleNA
There are 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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A one-letter word from Spanish. o or isa o dalawa one or two ikaw o ako you or me babae o lalake woman or man matanda o bata old or young malayo o malapit far or near Baka mamaya o bukas. Maybe later...
View ArticleSINUSUBHAN
root word: subo * This is an archaic word that one would come across only in older texts. MGA KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG subhan: buhusan ng tubig upang mapatay ang apoy sinusubhan: binubuhusan ng tubig para...
View ArticleORAKULO
This word is from the Spanish oráculo. o·rá·ku·ló oracle misspelling: orakula MGA KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG orákuló: bigkas o pahayag ng isang babaylan, na nagsisilbing tagapamagitan upang makausap ang mga...
View ArticleSALAMAT
One of the most basic Tagalog words to learn! salámat thanks When addressing an older person, add po at the end. Salámat po. Thank you. (formal) Maraming salámat. Many thanks. / Thank you very much....
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pagdaka, pagkaraka: instantly, immediately kará-karaka, kapagdaka: immediately, suddently, all of a sudden kapagkarakaa: suddenly; immediately; already KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG karakaraka: agad-agad Nang...
View ArticleHILATSA
from the Spanish hilacha (hilaza) hilatsá thread of cloth hilatsa unraveled thread hilatsa fiber, filament mahilatsa stringy, fibrous hilatsa ng mukha facial composure/discomposure MGA KAHULUGAN SA...
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