Popular Filipino Dishes
To help familiarize our website’s visitors with Filipino food in an easy way, we’ve drawn up a simple list of a few Philippine dishes and foodstuff commonly eaten in the Philippines. We’re still...
View ArticleThe Typical Filipino Meal
“You know you’re Filipino when you use a spoon and fork instead of a knife and fork.” This is because the typical Filipino meal always has rice, which is spooned into the mouth. Spoon in the right...
View ArticleAGOSTO
AgostoAugust Buwan ng Wikang Pambansa sa Pilipinas National Language Month in the Philippines Magkita tayo sa Agosto. Let’s see each other in August. Kailan sa Agosto? When in August? sa unang araw ng...
View ArticleWhat Is Filipino Food?
It is a question not easy to answer. Is it pork adobo, brown and rich, eaten with hot white rice? Is it siomai and siopao in the neighborhood merendero? Is it chicken relleno on a fiesta table,...
View ArticleLINGGO
This is likely influenced by the Spanish word domingo. The Malay word is minggu, from the Portuguese domingo. The word linggo can mean ‘Sunday’ or ‘week.’ (To compare, the Spanish word for ‘week’ is...
View ArticleTABLETA
from the Spanish tableta tabléta tablet also spelled tablétas, even when singular (different from Spanish in that aspect) tabletang puti white tablet pildora pill tabléta tablet labing dalawang tabléta...
View Article‘Hello’ in Tagalog
Hello. Hello. It is common for Filipinos to use the English word in greeting each other. In recent years, there’s a tendency to affix the respectful marker po when speaking to even slightly older...
View ArticleBIYERNES
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...
View ArticleSETYEMBRE
This word is from the Spanish septiembre. Setyembre September ika-lima ng Setyembre fifth of September sa Setyembre in September sa buwan ng Setyembre in the month of September sa ika-apat ng Setyembre...
View ArticleSABADO
This is from the Spanish word sábado. Sabado Saturday ngayong Sabado this Saturday sa Sabadong ito on this Saturday tuwing Sabado every Saturday nitong nakaraang Sabado ng gabi this past Saturday night...
View ArticlePRIBILEHIYO
This word is from the Spanish privilegio. prí·bi·lé·hi·yó privilege misspelling: priblehiyo KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG príbiléhiyó: tanging karapatan, bentaha, kalayaan, o benepisyo na ipinagkakaloob o...
View ArticleLUNES
This is from the Spanish word lunes. Lunes Monday Lunes Santo Holy Monday (the Monday before Easter Sunday) sa susunod na Lunes next Monday nakaraang Lunes previous Monday noong nakaraang Lunes last...
View ArticleDAMBANA
dam·ba·nà dambanà altar, shrine, grotto dambanang matibay sturdy shrine Ang Dambana ng Kagitingan The Shrine of Valor Sa maraming kabataang humarap na sa dambana For the many young people who’ve...
View ArticleNoli Me Tangere (English Summary)
A summary in English of the classic Philippine novel Noli Me Tangere, written in Spanish by Filipino national hero Jose Rizal * Visit us here at TAGALOG LANG.
View ArticleLAGAY
posisyon, puwesto, situwasyon, sirkunstansya, estado; kondisyon; lokasyon, lunan, lugar; anyo, itsura; yunit ng bilang o sukat; silid, pagsisilid; pusta, taya; pabagsak, suhol lagay to put ilagay to...
View ArticleJose Rizal, Filipino National Hero
December 30 is celebrated as Rizal Day every year in the Philippines. It is an official holiday. * Visit us here at TAGALOG LANG.
View ArticleGAGA
The Filipino word gaga is used to describe a stupid or ignorant woman. The male equivalent is gago. Gaga ka! You’re an idiot. Gaga kang babae! You’re an idiotic woman! Ang gaga ng babae mo. Your woman...
View ArticlePERFECT
The English word can be transliterated into Filipino as pérfek and into Tagalog as pérpek. The Spanish-derived Filipino word is perpékto. ganáp perfect To be perfect means to have no damage or defect...
View ArticleKRUS
This word is from the Spanish cruz. krus, n cross krus na pula red cross krus na pananda plus mark, plus sign + Nakapako sa krus. Nailed on the cross. Mag-krus ka. Make the sign of the cross. Mag-krus...
View ArticleKAMUSTA
The word comes from the Spanish phrase ¿Cómo está? The standard Tagalog spelling is Kumusta, but most Filipinos now use Kamusta. Kamusta? What’s up? Kamusta ka? How are you? (don’t use with old people)...
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