HUWES
from the Spanish juez huwes judge kasal sa huwes civil wedding, as opposed to a church wedding kasal sa huwes wedding officiated by a judge, not a priest kasal sa huwes civil marriage A native Tagalog...
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from the Spanish parábola, ultimately from Greek parabula parable Ang Luma at Bagong Tipan ay punung-puno ng mga parabula. The Old and New Testaments are full of parables. mga parabulang ikinuwento ni...
View ArticleKALULUWA
diwa, buhay; lakas ng isip; espiritu, sigla, hilagyo kaluluwa soul, spirit puso’t kaluluwa = puso’t kaluluwa heart and soul ang kaluluwa ko my soul Gabi ng Pangangaluluwa Night of Ghost Visiting...
View ArticleAPOY
liyab, ningas, alab, silab, siga apoy fire, flame init ng apoy heat of fire premonisyon ng apoy premonition of fire Walang usok kung walang apoy. No smoke if there’s no fire. umaapoy blazing, is ablaze...
View ArticleDEKWATRO
from the Spanish de cuatro dekwatro / dekuwatro / de kwatro / dekwatro (sitting) crosslegged; with legs crossed naka-de-kwatro / naka-dekwatro is sitting with legs crossed magdekwatro to sit...
View ArticleDUSING
dumi sa mukha dirt on the face marusing dirty in the face and clothes marusing ang mukha to have a grimy face Ang dusing-dusing ng batang ito. This child is so dirty. (literally dirty) Punasan mo ang...
View ArticleHUKOM
tagahatol ng mga usapin sa hukuman; inampalan hukóm judge hukuman law court, courtroom, courthouse paghuhukom trial; passing of judgment The Spanish-derived Filipino word for ‘judge’ is huwes. * Visit...
View ArticleMARAHAS
dahas: biyolensiya, puwersa, lakas, bagsik, lupit, bangis; sapilitan dahás: force; ferocity marahás: drastic, severe, violent; ruthless Ang bata sa gitna ng marahas na kapaligiran The child in the...
View ArticleSUWIPISTEK
This is the Tagalog transliteration of an English word. suwipstik sweepstake suwipistek sweepstake suwipistik sweepstake mga nagtitinda ng tiket ng suwipistek sellers of lottery tickets Kahimanawari’y...
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from the Spanish jueves sometimes spelled as Hwebes HuwebesThursday Huwebes Santo Holy Thursday, Maundy Thursday (the Thursday before Easter Sunday) ngayong Huwebes this Thursday sa susunod na Huwebes...
View ArticleDIPTONGGO
from the Spanish diptongo diptonggo diphthong Ang mga diptonggo ng Filipino ay iw, iy, ey, ay, aw, oy at uy. Ito ay tumutukoy sa pinagsamang tunog ng isang patinig (a,e,i,o,u) at isang malapatinig...
View ArticleBALUT
balut duck egg with a developed embryo Sometimes, the embryo past 17 days of incubation is so developed you can feel the feathers and the crunch of its bones in your mouth. Balut is a native delicacy...
View ArticleTITIS
Mga kasingkahulugang salita: abo, sinisa titis ash titis ng sigarilyo cigarette ash titisan ash tray A more common Tagalog word for ‘ash’ is abo. Unrelated by similar-looking Tagalog words: tiis, titi...
View ArticleGASERA
A less common synonym for lampara. gasera gas lamp gasera kerosene lamp isang maliit na gasera a small gas lamp ang gaserang nakapatong sa mesa the gas lamp on the table Sinindihan ko ang gasera. I lit...
View ArticleKABIT
nakadikit, nakasabit, nakakapit, sugpong, hugpong kabít attached, connected ikabít to fix, fasten Huwag mong ikabit ang pangalan mo dito. Don’t attach your name to this. kolokyal na kahulugan: kerida,...
View ArticleBIYERNES
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 nakaraang Biyernes...
View ArticleBUTAS
When pronounced with the stress on the first syllable, this word means ‘a hole.’ butas hole May butas. There’s a hole. butas ng ilong “hole of nose” =nostril panakip-butas “hole cover” (stopgap...
View ArticleMALA-
This is a prefix expressing similarity. It can be translated as “somewhat” or “semi-“. mala-kolonyal somewhat colonial mala-anghel like an angel malasutla silken “like silk” malasutlang dagat silken...
View ArticleMALABO
root word: labo malabo blurry, hazy, obscure malabo unclear, blurred, foggy malabo (slang) unlikely to happen malabong mangyari unlikely to happen Malabong mangyari ang sinasabi mo. What you’re saying...
View ArticleNABIGASYON
from the Spanish navegación with English influence nabigasyon navigation turn-by-turn navigation nabigasyon sa bawat pagliko nabigasyong may gabay gamit ang boses voice-guided navigation nabigasyong...
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