PASINUNGALING
root word: sinungaling pasinungaling: pabulaan pasinungalingan: pabulaanan * Visit us here at TAGALOG LANG.
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This Filipino word is from the Spanish pacificador (meaning: pacifier, one who brings about or restores peace). KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG pasipikador: pampatahimik, pampahinahon, pampakalma * Visit us here...
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This word is from the Spanish language. pasador: basahang binabasa at ginagamit sa pamamalantsa pasadar: a piece of cloth that is moistened with water and then used for ironing * Visit us here at...
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pasag: palag pasag: igpaw, igtad pasag: tarang, sikad * Visit us here at TAGALOG LANG.
View ArticleKERIDA
This word is from the Spanish querida. kerida mistress Sinong kerida ng asawa mo? Who’s your husband’s mistress? =? Sinong babae ng asawa mo? Who’s the “woman” of your husband? KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG...
View ArticlePAMUNUAN
root word: puno pamunuan: to conduct; to head; to lead; to preside over pinapamunuan, pinamunuan, papamunuan KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG pamunuan: patnugutan, pangsiwaan, panguluhan pamunuan: hunta pamunuan:...
View ArticleMAONG
maóng denim asul na maong blue jeans lumang maong old jeans kupas na maong faded jeans babaeng nakamaong woman wearing jeans Nakamaong si Ana. Ana is wearing jeans. * Visit us here at TAGALOG LANG.
View Article‘Thank You’ in Tagalog
Salamat is the Tagalog word for ‘thanks.’ Maraming salamat. Many thanks. / Thank you very much. Maraming salamat po. Thank you very much. (formal) Maraming salamat sa ‘yo. Many thanks to you. (casual)...
View ArticleLAMESA
This word is from the Spanish la mesa (meaning: the table). lamesa table To mean ‘table’, Filipinos interchangeably use the word mesa and the word lamesa (combining two Spanish words). lamesang kahoy...
View ArticleAko ay = I am
akó = I, me Ako ay… I am… Ako ay tao. I am a person. Ako ay lalaki. I am a man. Ako ay babae. I am a woman Ako’y duktor. I’m a doctor. *Use si before your name. Ako si Pedro. I am Peter. Ako si Ana. I...
View ArticlePARAYA
paraya: pagpapaubaya sa iba ng nauukol sa kanya paraya: pagbibigay mapagparaya * Visit us here at TAGALOG LANG.
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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...
View ArticlePAMUTAT
This word is no longer commonly used. Filipinos, especially of the younger generation, are more familiar with the English word. pamutat dessert ipamutat to serve as dessert KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG...
View ArticleMARTES
This word is from the Spanish martes. Martes Tuesday Martes Santo Holy Tuesday (the Tuesday before Easter Sunday) Ngayong Martes This Tuesday Darating ako sa Martes. I’ll be arriving on Tuesday. Aalis...
View ArticleTANUNGIN
root word: tanong tanungin to ask Tanungin mo ako. Ask me. Huwag mo akong tanungin. Don’t ask me. Hindi ko itatanong uli. I won’t ask it again. Hindi kita tatanungin uli. I will not ask you again....
View ArticleMAN
This is one of those Tagalog words that you have to see and hear frequently in examples in order to grasp the meaning of it. man, adv although, even if, with, too kaunti a little kaunti man even if...
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The Tagalog word ‘to is short for ito, meaning ‘this.’ Ano ito? What is this? Ano ‘to? What’s this? Another form of this word: ‘tong, short for itong. Isa itong hayop. This is an animal. Isa ‘tong...
View ArticleKAMKAM
kamkam: pag-ilit o pag-angkang pangsarili sa pamamagitan ng puwersahan, intriga o palihim na pamamaraan mapagkamkam: possessive? * Visit us here at TAGALOG LANG.
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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...
View ArticleMIYERKULES
This word is from the Spanish miercoles. Miyerkules Wednesday Miyerkules ng Abo Ash Wednesday (the Wednesday 40 days before Easter Sunday) Miyerkules Santo Holy Wednesday (the Wednesday before Easter...
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