LAGAK
This word has multiple meanings listed in standard dictionaries. lágak: money deposit lágak: bail bond lágak: mortage maglagak: to deposit maglagak: to put up bail magpalumagak: to stay indefinitely...
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root word: tiis pag·ti·ti·ís endurance, forbearance pagtitiis bearing hardships pagtitiís suffering mapagtitiisan tolerable; bearable di-mapagtitiisan intolerable; unbearable; insupportable pagtiisan...
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This word has at least two distinct meanings in Tagalog. * Visit us here at TAGALOG LANG.
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This word is from the Spanish reliquia. re·lík·ya relic MGA KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG relíkya: naiwang alaala ng isang bagay mula sa nakaraan relíkya: labí na may mataas na halaga dahil sa kalumaan o...
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This word is from the Spanish relicario. re·li·kár·yo reliquary A reliquary is a container for holy relics. These may be the purported or actual physical remains of saints, such as bones, pieces of...
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This word is from the Spanish validacion. ba·li·das·yón validation MGA KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG balidasyón: pagbibigay-bisà balidasyón: pagpapatibay * Visit us here at TAGALOG LANG.
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National Grandparents' Day in the United States is the first Sunday after Labor Day. In 2020, it is on September 13. * Visit us here at TAGALOG LANG.
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palalò: proud, haughty, arrogant Unrelated to the above, palalo could be the two words pa and lalo mistakenly joined together, as in short texts and on social media. MGA KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG palalo:...
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This is no longer a common word in contemporary Philippine society. It comes from the Spanish hereje. eréhe heretic ang eréhe the heretic ang eréheng si Arius the heretic Arius ang eréheng si Rizal the...
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root word: saliwâ (disrespectful; reverse; left-handed; contrary) pasaliwâ: backhanded, counterclockwise, reverse, vice-versa MGA KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG saliwa: lisya, mali, lihis, talipya, baligtad,...
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the number one (1) isa one isa lang just one isang plato one plate numero uno number one una first * Visit us here at TAGALOG LANG.
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This is from the Spanish word clérigo (meaning: clergy, cleric, clergyman, clergywoman). klé·ri·gó cleric klé·ri·gó clergyman mga klerigong Pilipino Filipino clerics mga klerigong Pilipino Filipino...
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root word: gandá ma·gan·dá beautiful, pretty, lovely Maganda ka. You’re pretty. (simple statement of fact) Ikaw ay maganda. You are beautiful. (plain statement of fact) Maganda ka talaga. You’re really...
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This word is from the Spanish ermitaño. ermitanyo hermit ermitanyo recluse Biglang naglaho ang matanda na isa palang ermitanyong naninirahan sa gubat na iyon. MGA KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG ermitányo: tao na...
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As part of the Tagalog abakada alphabet, this letter is pronounced “bah.” Ito ang ikalawang letra ng abakadang Pilipino. This is the second letter in the Filipino alphabet. On social media and in text...
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The Tagalog word mahal as a noun means ‘love’ but as an adjective it means ‘expensive’ or ‘costly’ or ‘dear.’ mahál, n love mahál, adj expensive Also see tagaloglang.com/love Mahal kita. I love you....
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