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The Filipino word for ‘job’ is trabaho. pamumuhay livelihood hanapbuhay occupation
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Names of common birds in Tagalog ibon bird manok chicken pato duck lawin hawk maya sparrow uwak crow kalapati pigeon pabo turkey agila eagle loro parrot hawla = kulungan ng mga ibon birdcage pakpak wing paghuni ng ibon singing of a bird paglipad ng ibon flight of a bird Lumipad ang ibon. The bird flew. … Continue reading "Vocabulary List: Birds"
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Tagalog words and phrases for the New Year ~ taonyear bagong taonnew year dalawang libotwo thousand2000 dalawamputwenty20 tatlothree3 dalawampu’t tatlotwenty and three23 dalawang libo’t dalawampu’t tatlotwo thousand and twenty-three2023 Good Luck 😆
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In the United States, Thanksgiving is on the fourth Thursday of November. This year (2023), it's on the 23rd.
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In the Philippines, “summer” is from around March to May. The rainy season with strong typhoons is from June to November. tagtuyo the dry season period of drought tag-ulan the rainy season tag-araw the sunny season “summer” tag-init the hot season “summer” taglagas the fall season “autumn” taglamig the cold season “winter” tagsibol leave-sprouting season … Continue "Seasons in the Philippines"
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If you need to learn just ten basic Tagalog words to get by, here's a list of useful phrases to impress your Filipino friends with. Opo. Salamat. Kamusta. Oo...
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The Tagalog words for ‘number’ are bilang and numero. tatlumpu’t isa thirty-one isang daan one hundred dalawampu’t isa twenty-one dalawampu’t pito twenty-seven tatlumpu thirty apatnapu forty limampu fifty animnapu sixty pitumpu seventy walumpu eighty siyamnapu ninety sandaan one hundred
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These terms entered Tagalog from Hokkien-speaking Chinese immigrants. dikyam = salted, preserved plum bataw = climbing plant with edible pods ginging = shrub with sweet fleshy fruit goto = ox or cow’s tripe kamto = meat parts taken from the entrails of pigs or cows, used as ingredients in kare-kare kasim = back portion of … Continue "Tagalog Food Words from Chinese"
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Mga Araw ng Linggo / Days of the Week The Tagalog word linggo means both “week” and “Sunday” — in the latter case, it is written capitalized. Use sa to say ‘on’ a certain day. Lunes Monday Martes Tuesday Miyerkules Wednesday Huwebes Thursday Biyernes Friday Sabado Saturday Linggo … Continue "Days of the Week"
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The Tagalog word for ‘animal’ is hayop. oso bear baka cow usa deer kabayo horse ahas snake Baboy! Pig! buwaya crocodile kambing goat unggoy monkey tupa sheep pusa cat kalabaw carabao aso dog kuneho rabbit kuting kitten elepante elephant tuta puppy daga rat/mouse bibi duckling langgam ant palaka frog butete tadpole The Tagalog for ‘animals’ (plural) … Continue "Vocabulary List: Animals"
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At this time, single-letter Tagalog words are not surfaced well by our site’s search engine. For these, we are creating short urls to make them easy for you to find. ONE-LETTER WORDS tagaloglang.com/a tagaloglang.com/b tagaloglang.com/c tagaloglang.com/d tagaloglang.com/o TWO-LETTER WORDS aq, at, ay, ba, bb, bk, ka, ke, ko, di, gg, ha, ho, ipa, lo, ma, mo, na, ni, ng, no, nu, qo, pa, pi, po, rp, sa, … Continue "Very Short Tagalog Words"
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The Tagalog word for ‘color’ is kulay. itim black putî white dilaw yellow bughaw blue (the color of the sky) asul blue (from Spanish) luntian green (foliage like grass) berde green (from Spanish) pula red biyoleta / byoleta violet / purple kulay-abo gray (ash-colored) kulay-dalandan orange (tangerine-colored) kayumanggi brown
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The Tagalog for ‘word’ is salita and for ‘antonyms’ is magkasalungat na salita (words with opposite meanings). It can also be salitang magkasalungat. Mga Halimbawa ng Salitang Magkasalungat mabuti : good masama bad maganda : pretty pangit : ugly malaki : big maliit : small bata : young matanda : old payak: simple tambalan: compound … Continue "Antonyms: Mga Magkasalungat na Salita"
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The Tagalog word for ‘to travel’ is lakbay. naglalakbay traveling bagahe baggage taksi taxi telepono telephone pera money bangko bank pasaporte passport banyo bathroom
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Mga Pang-Uri Adjectives Ang pang-uri ay nagbibigay-turing sa pangngalan o panghalip. An adjective modifies a noun or pronoun. Mga Magkasalungat na Salita Antonyms (Words Having Opposite Meanings) Mga Halimbawa ng Magkakasalungat na Salita Examples of Antonyms bago : new luma : old maingay: noisy tahimik: quiet malamig: cold mainit: hot malinis: clean marumi: dirty mayaman: … Continue "Common Tagalog Adjectives"
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The Tagalog word for ‘plant’ is halaman. puno tree ugat root buto seed bulaklak flower damo grass kawayan bamboo hardin garden gubat forest baging vine palay rice plant palayan rice field ani crop, to harvest makahiya mimosa halamang pambahay houseplant
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These are examples of Filipino slang words formed from the switching of the order of the syllables of the original words. tsikot, from kotse car goli, from ligo to take a bath golets, from the English phrase Let’s go. astig, from tigas tough gasmati, from matigas hard-headed or stubborn yosi, from sigarilyo cigarette inka, from … Continue "Filipino Slang – Inverted Syllables"
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The Tagalog word puta literally means ‘whore’ but is used as an expletive to express anger or frustration like ‘fuck’ in English. Anak ng puta! Son of a bitch! – sounds more extreme in Tagalog than in English Putang ina mo! Your mother’s a whore! – contraction of puta ang ina mo – the strongest way … Continue "Bad Words in Tagalog"
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Downloadable PDF file to be added here soon! ubo cough hinga breath Huminga ka. Breathe. pasyente patient ospital hospital nars nurse duktor doctor klinik / klinika clinic gamot / medisina medicine sakit illness lagnat fever sipon cold (runny nose) sakit sa puso heart problems trangkaso flu kati itch regla menstrual period dugo blood buntis pregnant … Continue "Vocabulary: Medical Terms"
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mga hugis shapes tatsulok triangle kuwadrado / parisukat square bilog circle habilog / obalo oval bilohaba oblong kalahating bilog half-circle / semi-circle parihaba rectangle hugis puso heart shape korteng puso heart-shaped (paper cutout) hugis kahon box shape bola ball (sphere) korteng bituin star-shaped (paper cut-out) Kudrado – a short colloquial version for kuwadrado … Continue "Vocabulary List: Shapes"
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daan, libo, milyon hundred, thousand, million isang daan one hundred sandaan one hundred sandaa’t isa one hundred one dalawang daan two hundred dalawandaan two hundred isang libo one thousand sanlibo one thousand dalawang libo two thousand sampung libo ten thousand sandaang libo hundred thousand isang milyon one million The Tagalog/Filipino words for ‘number’ are bilang … Continue "Tagalog Numbers – Hundred, Thousand, Million"
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insekto insect mga insekto insects langgam ant bubuyog bee langaw a fly ipis cockroach alupihan centipede salagubang beetle lisa louse kuliglig cricket paru-paro butterfly gamugamo moth anay termite gagamba spider
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Try your best with 10 basic Tagalog words! Saan? = Where? Pakituro. = Please point. Magkano? = How much? Pakisulat. = Please write. Pwede? = Possible? This is like asking if it’s okay. Remember “Si, se puede.” in Spanish? Huwag. = Don’t. Pulis. = Police. Saklolo. = Help! banyo = bathroom Salamat. = Thank you. … Continue "10 Survival Travel Words"
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The Tagalog word for ‘do not’ is huwag. Huwag kang matakot. Don’t be afraid. Huwag kang mag-selos. Don’t be jealous. Huwag kang umalis. Don’t leave. (Don’t go.) Huwag mo itong gawin sa akin. Don’t do this to me. Huwag kang magsinungaling. Don’t lie. Huwag kang magreklamo. Don’t complain. (Stop complaining.) Huwag kang mag-aksaya ng panahon. … Continue "Don’t in Tagalog"
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Diksyunaryo / Talahulugan Use the search box to find a word in the Tagalog-English dictionary of our site 🙂 The Filipino word for ‘dictionary’ is diksyunaryo, also now formally spelled as diksyonaryo, as the current preference of the Philippine Language Commission is to follow more closely the original Spanish word diccionario. Several Tagalog words have … Continue "Tagalog-English Dictionary"
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The Tagalog word for ‘question’ is tanong. Sino? Who? Ano? What? Saan? Where? Kailan? When? Paano? How? Bakit? Why? Kanino? Whose? Alin? Which?
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The Filipino word for Christmas is Pasko. Bisperas ng Pasko Christmas Eve pamasko Christmas gift aginaldo / aguinaldo money received as Christmas gift regalo gift kandila candle bituin star parol Christmas lantern belen creche (Nativity scene) dekorasyon decoration keso de bola ball of cheese, traditional Christmas food lechon roast pig kasama ang buong pamilya with … Continue "Christmas Vocabulary 🎄"
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Tagalog numbers can be a mouthful, even for Filipinos. Compare: dalawampu’t dalawa (7 syllables) bente-dos (3 syllables) There are many situations where Filipinos prefer to use Spanish-derived numbers. The most common are when saying one’s age and telling time. Dose anyos. 12 years old. Trese anyos. 13 years old. Katorse anyos. 14 years old. Kinse … Continue "Spanish Numbers in Tagalog"
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Kanino? Whose? Kanino ito? Whose is this? Whom does this belong to? Para kanino? Who for? For whom? Para kanino ito? Who is this for? For whom is this? Para kay Lisa. For Lisa. Para kanino ang regalo? Who is the gift for? Para sa iyo. For you. Kaninong kotse? Whose car? Kanino ang kotse? … Continue "‘Whose’ in Tagalog"
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The Filipino word for ‘hospital’ is ospital. The native Tagalog word is pagamutan. duktor doctor nars nurse gamot / medisina medicine drugs droga sugat wound bakuna vaccination kagat bite buto bone pilay sprain mataas na lagnat high fever sakit ng tiyan stomach pains kagat ng aso dog bite kagat ng lamok mosquito bite nagtatae diarrhea … Continue "Vocabulary: At the Hospital"
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The Tagalog word for ‘number’ is bilang. The Filipino word is numero. Labing-isa, labing-dalawa, labing-tatlo… labing- -teen Spelling changes slightly for easier pronunciation… labing-isa 11: eleven labindal(a)wa 12: twelve labintatlo 13: thirteen labing-apat 14: fourteen labinlima 15: fifteen labing-anim 16: sixteen labimpito 17: seventeen labingwalo 18: eighteen labinsiyam 19: nineteen dalawampu 20: twenty
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The Tagalog word for ‘number’ is bilang. The Filipino word is numero. Dalawampu Twenty (20) dalawampung- twenty- dalawampu’t-isa 21: twenty-one dalawampu’t-dalawa 22: twenty-two dalawampu’t-tatlo 23: twenty-three dalawampu’t-apat 24: twenty-four dalawampu’t-lima 25: twenty-five dalawampu’t-anim 26: twenty-six dalawampu’t-pito 27: twenty-seven dalawampu’t-walo 28: twenty-eight dalawampu’t-siyam 29: twenty-nine tatlumpu 30: thirty
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The general Tagalog word for “clothes” is damit. It is also the specific word used to refer to a female’s dress. sando sleeveless undershirt polo button-down shirt amerikana suit bestida dress blusa blouse damit clothes (dress) pantalon pants maong jeans, denim palda skirt medyas socks hikaw earrings kuwintas necklace pulseras bracelet relos watch salamin glasses … Continue "Clothing & Accessories"
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Textese or the SMS language (txt-speak, txtese, chatspeak, txt, txtspk, txtk, txto, texting language, txt lingo, SMSish, txtslang, or txt talk) is a term for the abbreviations and slang commonly used in mobile phone text messaging, but also in other Internet-based communication such as email and instant messaging. Initialisations (acronyms and abbreviations composed of initials) SMS … Continue "Tagalog SMS Language"
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