TAGALOG

ENGLISH

TERNATE CHAVACANO

aalis

- will leave, will depart

Di Sali

aalisin

- will remove

Di quita

abakada

- the Tagalog alphabet

Tagalug alpabet

abalahin

- to delay, to distract, to hinder

Si abala

abang-lingkod

- humble servant

Buenu katulung

abaniko

- a native fan

pamaypay

aberya - tigil

- engine trouble

Stuperdiw ay makina

Abo

- ash, gray

senisa

abot

- reach, get

Abut, saka

abre

- open

abre

abredor

- opener

abredor

abre-lata

- can opener

Abri lata

abubot

- things, carry-on things

abubut

abuhin

- grayish

sinisaw

abuloy

- alms, donation

Abuluy

abutan

- to catch up with

Enkrasa

abutan

- to hand out something

dali

abutin

- to reach, to get

saka

adelantado

- advance, ahead

Adelantadu

agimat

- amulet

Anting-anting, agimat

agiw

- cobweb, spiderweb

saput, agiw

aha

- an expression similar to hey

Bulaga

ahas

- snake

Kolebra

akin

- mine, me

Dimi

akitin

- to attract, to seduce

Se akit

aklas

- strike

Welga

aklasan

- a movement to strike

Se welga

aklat

- book

libru

ako

- I, me

yo

alaala

- remembrance

requerda

alabok

- dust

Alabuk

alahas

- jewelry

Oru, alahas

alak

- liquor, wine, alcohol

binu

alakdan

- scorpion

eskorpyu, alakdan

alam

- aware, know

sabi

alamin

- find out

Se sabi

alamat

- legend

Alamat

alang-alang

- for one's sake, dedicated to

Alang-alang

alangan

- unsure, unfit

alangan

alanganin

- unsure, undecided

Alanganing

alapaap

- sky, heaven

Suelu, alapaap

Ale

- woman

senyora

aligid

- circling or hanging around

birahong

alikabok

- dust

alikabuk

alila (katulong)

- servant; domestic helper

Alila, ayudanti

alilain

- to treat as a servant

Se alila

Alimango

- mud crab

kangrehu

Alin

- which; which one

Kwal

alin-alin

- which are

Kwal kwal

alindog

- charm; beauty

guapa

aling

- a title to a woman equal to Miss or Mrs.

senyorita

alingasaw

- producing offensive odor

Hyedi

alipin

- slave

alila

alipinin

- to enslave

Se alila

alipusta

- ridicule; insult

Insultu

Alis (yao)

- leave; depart

sali

alis

- remove

quita

Alisin (alisan)

- to remove

Para quita

alitan

- quarrel; conflict

pelya

aliwin

- to entertain; to console

Se aliw

aliwalas

- clarity; openness

Aliwalas, klaru

Alkalde

- mayor; city mayor; municipal mayor

meyor

alkila

- rent; hire

Alkila; empresta

almires

- small stone mortar

pang machuka

almirol

- laundry starch

Almirul

almusal (agahan)

- breakfast

Almuesu

alog

- shake

alug

alok

- offer

aluk

Alon

- wave

maris

alsa-balutan

- stowing away; leaving home

Sali na kasa

aluin

- to comfort

Se alu

alulod

- gutter

alulud

ama (tatay)

- father

padri

amain

- father-figure

Taytatayan

amo

- boss

amu

anino

- shadow

aninu

anluwage (karpentero)

- carpenter

kapinteru

ano

- what

Kosa, que

antay

- wait

Espera

antayin

- to wait

Para espera

antabayanan

- to be in the look out for

bisya

antok

- sleepy; sleepiness

suenyu

antot

- baho

hyedi

antukin

- To be sleepy

Para suenyu

araro

- plow

Araru

araruhin

- To plow

Se araru

asahan

- To depend on; to hope for

Se asa

asan

- where

Unta, dondesta

asin

- salt

sal

asinan

- To put salt on

asnan

asinta

- aim at

Asinta, sipat

asintado

- A person who aims accurately

asintaw

aso

- dog

pehru

asong-ulol

- mad dog

Pehru luku

asta

- gesture

porma

asukal

- sugar

Asukar

asungot

- nuisance

asungut

asul

- blue

azul

Asunto (kaso)

- case

kasu

atake

- attack, assault

ataki

Atakihin-

- To attack; to assault

Se ataki

ataul

- casket

kabaung

ate

- elder sister

ermana

atin

- our; ours; us

di mutru

ating

- let us

mi hutru

atrasado

- late

pustreru

ayos (slang)

- ok

ayus

ayos

- arrangement

prepara

ayusin

- To arrange

se prepara

ayuno

- fasting

se hambri

baba

- down; go down; descent

baha

babaan

- to lower down

se baha

babad

- soak; to soak

se babad

babae

- girl; woman; female

muher

babag

- quarrel; fight

Pelya, suketasu

baboy

- pig; pork

puerku

baboy-damo

- wild pig; boar

Puerku monti

Bading (bakla)

- a gay person

Bakla (bakling), alanganing

baga

- ember

Alipatu

bagahe

- luggage

bagahi

bagal

- slow; sluggish

Poku-poku

bago

- v. change; to change

kambya

bago

- adj. new; recent

nuebu

bagsak

- fall; to fall; drop; to drop

kayi

bagsak

- unsuccessful; to be unsuccessful

No ya pasa

bagsik

- fierce; violent

bayolenti

baguhin

- to change

Para kambya

bagyo

- typhoon; storm

bagyu

baha

- flood; floodwater

benida

bahag ang buntot

- coward; wimp

Kobardi, miedu

bahaghari

- rainbow

Renbu

bahagi

- part; portion

parti

bahagian

- share; to share with

Dali parti

bahagya

- slightly; barely

pokitu

bahay

- house

kasa

bahay-aliwan

- prostitution den; house of ill refute

Kasa di puta

bahay-bahayan

- playhouse

Kasa-kasahan

bahay-kubo

- nipa house

Kasa nipa

baho

- smelly; offensive odor

hyedi

bai-bai

- beach

Orilya di lamar

bailarina

- female dancer

beylarina

baile

- dance; dance hall

bayli

bait

- kindness; goodness

buenu

baiwang

- waist

sentura

baka (siguro)

- maybe; unsure

No siguraw

bakas

- footprint

Bakas di pyes

bakasyon

- vacation

bakasyung

bakbak

- detached

tanggal

bakbakan

- fight; quarrel; altercation

Pelya

bakit

- why

Komu, porke

bakli

- broken

kebraw

bakod

- fence

kural

bakol

- a big basket

tiklis

bakubako

- rugged; crooked

Baku-baku, liku-liku

bakuna

- vaccination

Bakona, iniksyon

bakuran

- n. fence; yard

Kural, lubang

bakuran

- v. to erect a fence

Itsa kural

bakya

- wooden shoes

suekos

balae

- parent of a son or daughter in-law

suegro

balahibo

- feather; skin hair

pelu

balak

- plan; intent

planu

balakang

- hips

sentura

balanga

- an earthen cooking pot

olya

balang-araw

- someday

Otru diya

balanse

- balance

balansi

balat

- skin; hide of an animal

kraskas

balatan

- to skin; to take the skin off

Kita kraskas

balatong

- soybean

balatung

balbas (bigote)

- mustache; moustache; beard

Bigoti, barbas

baldado

- crippled; disabled

Baldaw

balde

- pail; a large tin can

baldi

balita

- news

anunsyu

baliw

- crazy; mentally ill

Stuperdiw ay kabesa

balon

- well; deepwell

posu

bangang

- under the influence of drug or alcohol

boratsu

bangos

- milkfish

bangus

bangungot

- nightmare

bangungut

banig

- sleeping mat

pikati

bantog

- popular

Konesiw, sikat

banyaga

- foreigner; alien

dayuhan

bara

- clog

Bara, saraw

barado

- clogged

baraw

baraso

- arm

brasu

baril

- gun

pusil

barilan

- shoot-out

Ya huga despara

barilin

- to shoot

despara

baro

- dress

kamisa

barong-tagalog

- a native dress

Barung-tagalog

barung-barong

- shanty

Barung-barung

basa

- adj. wet

muhaw

basa

- v. read

le

basag

- broken

kebraw

basagin

- to break

Para kebra

basagin

- brittle; fragile

mahuna

basag-ulo

- trouble; fight

Pleytu, pelya

basagulero

- troublesome; fighter

pelyador

basain

- to wet

Se muha

basahin

- to read

se le

baso

- glass

basu

bata

- n. child; kid

kretura

bata, slang

- n. sweetheart; lover

Nobya, nobyu

bata

- adj. young

Muchacha, muchachu

bato

- rock; stone

pyedra

batugan (tamad)

- lazy

Pluhu, pluha

batuhin

- to stone

Garya pyedra

bawal

- forbidden

bawal

bawalan

- forbid; to forbid

Se bawal, se saway

bawang

- garlic

ahus

bawang, slang

- a type of firecracker

rebentador

bibig (bunganga)

- mouth

boka

bigas

- rice

aros

bigasan

- rice mill; rice storage

kiskis

bigat

- weight

pesaw

bigatin

- influential; wealthy

riku

bigay

- gift; present

Dali, pasalubung

bigkas

- utterance; speak

platika

bigkasin

- to utter; to speak

Para platika

bihasa

- used to; experienced

sanay

bilang

- adj. number

numeru

bilang

 - count

kunta

bilangin

- to count

Para kunta

bilanggo

- prisoner

prisuneru

bilangguan

- prison

kalabosu

bilasa

- rotten; spoiled

bolok

bilog

- round; circle

redondu

bilugin

- to make round or circular

se redondu

bilugin

- (slang) to fool

se loku

binata

- a single (unmarried) male

baguntaw

binatilyo

- an adolescent male

binatilyu

bingi

- deaf; hearing impaired

baoy

bintang

- accusation

menta

biro

- joke

deblura

bisyo

- vice

bisyu

bituin

- star; movie star

estrelya

boga (slang)

- gun

pusil

bolahin

- to tell a lie

se bola

bomba

- pump

posu

bulaklak

- flower

plor

bulaklakin

- flowery

ploris

buka

- open, open wide

Abri antsu

buhok

- hair

pelu

bukas

- tomorrow

manyana

bukas

- open

abri

buko

- a young coconut fruit

koku muda

buksan

- to open

para abri

bundok

- mountain

Bondok, monti

bunga

- fruit

prutas

bunganga (bibig)

- mouth

boka

bungangera

- talkative; a gossip (female)

stismosa

bungangero

- talkative; a gossip (male)

stismoso

bungo

- skull

bungu

bungkal

- dig

ribata

bungkalin

- to dig

Se rebata

buntis

- pregnant

prinyada

kabalbalan

- stupidity

istupidu

kabila

- other side

un banda

kabilugan

- roundness

redodu

kabutihan

- goodness

bung buenu

kagalang-galang

- respectable; honorable

respetaw

kagandahan

- beauty; prettiness

guapa

kagutuman

- hunger

hambri

kahapon

- yesterday

ayer

kahol

- bark

kahul

kahoy

- wood

kanya

kahubaran

- nakedness; nudeness

No tieni kamisa

kainitan

- at the height of; hotness

bung kalyenti

kakahuyan

- forest; woods

Monti, kahuyang

kaklase

- classmate

kaklasi

kalabaw

- carabao, water buffalo

karabaw

Kalaguyo (kasuyo)

- lover; mistress

kabit

kalamigan

- coldness

muy priyu

kalbo

- bald

panot

kalinisan

- cleanliness

Pagka limpyu

kalokohan

- naughtiness

lokura

kalso

- shim

kalsu

kalye

- street

kaminu

kamag-anak

- relative, family member

paryenti

kamag-aral

- classmate

kaklasi

kamalian

- mistake

Pagka-kulpa

kamatayan

- death

mori

kamay

- hand

manu

kamayan

- to do something with bare hand/s

Gara manu

kami

- we

motru

kamot

- scratch

raska

kamoteng-kahoy

- cassava

balinghoy

kampo

- camp

kampu

Kamposanto (sementeryo)

- cemetery

sementeryu

kamutin

- to scratch

se raspa

kanayon

- townmate

kabaryu

kandila

- candle

kandela

kanluran

- west

kanlurang

kano (slang for Amerikano)

- American

amerikanu

kapangitan

- ugliness

sarot

kapatid

- sibling

Ermana, ermanu

kapit-kamay

- holding hands

Gara manu

karayom

- needle

aguha

karne

- meat

karni

karetela (karitela)

- cart, horse carriage

kalesa

kasabay

- at the same time, together

kumpanyeru

kasalanan

- sin; offense

kulpa

kasali

- participant

entra

kasama

- companion

Kumpanyero, kumpanyera

kasamaan

- badness; evilness

Bung malu

kasambahay

- housemate

Kumpanyeru na kasa

kasoy

- cashew

kasuy

kataasan

- height; at the height of; at the peak

Pinaka altu

katamaran

- laziness

Bung pluhu

katanyagan

- popularity

popular

katawan

- body

kwerpu

katawang tao

- human body

Kwerpu di henti

katawa-tawa

- funny; laughable

Para resa

kati

- itch

raska

katiwalian(anomalya)

- anomaly; wrong-doing, corruption

Anumalya, se malu

katotohanan

- truth

Berdadi

katulong

- maid, domestic helper

Katulung, ayudante

katulad

- like; similar

parehas

katuwiran

- reason

rasong

kawani

- employee

empleyu

kaway

- wave

babay

kawayan

- bamboo

kania

kawayan

- to wave at

se kaway, se babay

kawit

- hook

gantsu

kelot (slang for lalaki)

- male

Ombri

keso

- cheese

kesu

kidlat

- lightning

trewenu

kilala

- known

konesi

kilabot

- notorious

kilabut

kilos

- move

minya

kinilala

- identified

Ya konese

kita

- seen, visible

mira

kita (suweldo)

- n. earning; salary

sweldu

kita

- pron.  you and I

mihutru

Kristo

- Christ

kristu

kubo

- hut

kubu

kuha

- get, bring

Saka, yoba

kuko

- nail

unyas

kulang

- adj. insufficient; inadequate; short

palta

kulay

- color

kolor

kulayan

- to color

Itsa kulay

kulog

- thunder

truwenu

kumilos

- moved; acted on

minya

kumupit

- stole; pilfered

roba

kuntento

- satisfied

kontentu

kura (pari)

- priest

padri

kurakot

- plunder

kurakut

Kuta (kampo)

- camp; hideout

kampu

kuting

- kitten

gatu

kuwago

- owl

kwagu

kuwarta

- money

sen

Kuwarto (silid)

- room

pusentu

kuwela

- funny

alegri

kuwentas

- necklace

kwintas

kuwento

- story

storya

kuya

- brother' elder brother

manong

daan

- n. hundred

siento

daan

- n. street

kalyi

daanan

- walkway; pathway

kaminu

daang-bakal

- railroad track

rilis

daga

- rat; mouse

ratong

dagan

- v. press

pitsi

daganan

- to press; to put weight

Para pitsi

dagat

- sea; ocean

lamar

dahilan

- reason; motive

rasong

dahon

- leaf

ohas

daig

- beat; defeat

Perdi, perdiw

daigdig (mundo)

- world; earth; universe

mondu

daigin

- to beat; to  defeat

se perdi

daing

- n. dried fish

Seku peskaw

dakdak, slang

- speak; talk

platika

dako

- place

lugar

dala

- bring

yuba

dalagita

- teenage girl  

muchacha

dalampasigan

- shore; seashore

Orilyay lamar

dalangin (dasal)

- prayer

resa

dali

- hurry

prestu

dali-dali

- in a hurry

Presto prestu

daliri

- finger

deditu

dalita

- hirap

Pesaw, pobri

dami

- many

muchu

damit

- dress

kamisa

damitan

- to dress up

Itsa kamisa

damo

- grass

sekatis

dampa

- hut

kubu

damuhan

- to pull up the grass

Rangka ay sekatis

darak

- rice husk

Tiki-tiki

dating

- arrival

yega

datu

- a barangay chieftain

Kapitan del baryu

datung, slang

- money

sen

daungan (harbor)

- harbor; pier; port

barahang

digmaan

- war, warfare

gyera

dila

- tongue

luengga

dilim

- dark

eskuru

diliman

- to darken

se eskuru

dito

- here

aki

doon

- there

aya

dugo

- blood

sangri

duguan

- bloody

Muchu sangre

dukha

- poor

pobri

dulas

- slip

rebala

dumi

- dirt

mugri

dungis

- bodily dirt

Bung mugri

dunong

- knowledge, wisdom

Sabi, marunung

durog

- grind

Ma-stukaw

duwag

- coward

myedu

duwal

- nausea

gomita

duyan

- cradle, hammock

hamaka

edad (gulang)  

- age

anyu

edukado (may pinag-aralan)

- educated

Tieni pinag-aralan

ehemplo (huwaran)  

- example

ehemplu

Eksamen (sulitin)  

- examine

tes

eksaminasyon (pagsusulit)  

- examination

Tieni tes

eksperto

- expert

Ekspertu, bihasa

elegante

- elegant

eliganti

eleksyon

- election

Eleksyong, halalan

elektrik

- electric

koryenti

elise

- propeller

elesi

embarkadero

- embarcadero

embarkaderu

empatso

- indigestion

empatsu

emperdible

- safety pin

perdibli

Empleyado (kawani)

- employee

empleyaw

Enero

- January

eneru

engkargado

- caretaker

katiwala

engot (slang)  

- stupid, simpleton

Istupidu, tanga

enkanto

- enchantment

enkantu

enosente (inosente)  

- innocent

inosenti

Entrega (ibigay)

- give

dali

epot (slang)  

- manure, droppings

Iput, pataba

Erap (slang for pare)  

- a male friend or companion

amigu

erbolaryo

- herb doctor

albularyu

ere

- air, air wave

bientu

ermitanyo

- hermit

ermitanyu

eskandalo

- scandal

iskandalu

eskandalosa (eskandaloso)

- a scandalous person

Iskandalusa, iskandalosu

eskapo

- escape, refugee

takas

eskina

- street corner

bangketa

eskuwela (mag-aaral)

- student, class

istudyanti

espada

- sword

ispada

esperma (kandila)

- candle

kandela

estasyon (himpilan)

- station

istasyong

eto (heto)

- here is

aki

ewan

- don't know

No sabi

gaan

- easy; lightweight

Alibyaw, no pesaw

gaanan

- to make easy; to lighten

se prestu

gaano

- how much; how many

kuantu

gabi

- n. night

notsi

gahol

- short of time

Palta na oras

gahulin

- to run out of time

di kaba ay oras

galak

- joy

alegri

galas

- roughness

gruesu

galaw

- movement

minya

galawin

- move; to move

se minya

galing

- from

bini

galit

- anger

reganya

gamit

- n. things; articles

kasangkapan

gamit

- v. use; to use

serbi

gamitin

- to use

Para serbi

gamot

- medicine; drug

medisina

ganito

- like this

esti

ganoon

- like that

akel

gapos

- tie; bind

mara

gapusin

- to tie; to bind

mahra

gatas

- milk

letsi

gatong

- n. firewood

lenya

gatungan

- to put firewood

Etsa lenya

gawa

- work; made at

ase

ginto

- gold

oru

gubat

- forest

monti

gulang

- age; maturity

anyu

gulanit

- torn; ragged

rompiw

gulantang

- shock; taken aback

espantaw

gulat

- adj. surprised

espanta

gulatin

- to surprise

se espanta

gulok

- bolo; a large knife

bolu

gulong

- n. wheel

golong

gulpe

- maul

Garoti, bug-bug

gulpihin

- to maul

se garoti

gumawa

- to make; made

ase

gumimbal

- to shock; shocked

ya espanta

gumising

- to wake up; woke up

libanta

gumuho

- to break apart; broke apart

Ya kebra

gunit

- torn

rompe

gunting

- scissors

teheras

guntingin

- to cut with scissors

Korta kun teheras

gupit

- n. haircut

Korta pelu

gupit

- v. .cut

korta

gupitin

- to cut

Para korta

guryon

- a big kite

Grandi bulador

gusgusin

- dirty

syusyu

gusto

- like; want; desire

kyeri

gutom

- adj. hungry

hambri

gutumin

- to get hungry

se hambri

guwardiya

- n. guard

Bantay

guyabano

- custard apple

guyabanu

haba

- n. length

largu

haba

- adj. long, elongated

largor

habaan

- to lengthen, to extend, to make longer

se largu

habla (kaso)

- lawsuit

demanda

hagdan

- stair, ladder

iskalera

hagis

- throw

garya

hagisan

- to throw something at

Garya aya

halaman

- plant

sembra

halik

- kiss

besitu

halikan

- to kiss

Dali bisitu

halikan

- kissing scene

ta huga bisitu

hangin

- air

bientu

hapag

- table

mesa

hapag-kainan

- dining table

komedor

hapon

- afternoon

letardi

hatak

- pull

hela

hataw

- beat

garoti

hati

- share, divide

lamita

hawak

- hold

gahra

hawakan

- to hold

Para gahra

Hibik (iyak)

- sob

yura

higa

- lie down

kusta

Higaan (banig)

- sleeping mat

pikati

hila

- pull

hela

hilaw

- raw, uncooked

krudu

hilo

- n. dizziness

inmarya

hinawakan

- touched; held

gahra

hinog

- rife

madoru

hipon

- shrimp

kamarong

hita

- thigh

pyerna

hubarin

- to take clothing off

Kita kamisa

hugas

- wash

limpya

hugasan

- to wash

Para limpya

huli

- last

postreru

huli (dakip)

- captured; arrested

kohe

hulihin

- to capture; to arrest

Para kohe

huwad

- fake

peki

huwag

- don't; do not

No, no kyeri

Huwebes

- Thursday

hwebis

iabot

- to hand over

inkarsa

ibaba

- adj. downstairs; basement

abahu

ibaba

- v. to put down

se baha

ibabaw

- n. top; on top of

ensima

ibahin

- to change; to differentiate

se otru

ibato

- to throw away

Garya na lehus

ibig -love

; want; like

kyeri

ibigin (mahalin)

- to love; to want; to like

se karu

ibitin

- v. to hang up

se sabit

ibon

- bird

pahru

Iboto (ihalal)

- v. to vote; to elect

se buta

ibukas

- to open

se abri

idemanda

- to sue

Se demanda

ideya

- idea

paraang

idiin

- v. to press

pitsi

idlip

- nap; a short sleep; slumber

durmi

idolo

- idol

idulu

igapos

- v. to tie up

mahra

igat

- eel

palos

igawad

- v. to give; to declare; to render

dali

igi

- well; right

Buenu, tupaw

igib

- to fetch water from a faucet or well

Saka agua na gripu

igisa

- to fry

se gisa, se pritu

igkas

- jolt; to spring loose

bringka

iglap

- n. instant; brief moment

biglaang

ignorante

- ignorant; uninformed

tanga

ihi

- n. urine

Miyaw

ihi

- v. to urinate

miya

ika-anim

- sixth

Pang sais

ika-apat

- fourth

Pang kuatru

ika-dalawa

- second

Pang dos

ika-isa

- first

Pang una

ika- lima

- fifth

Pang singku

ika-pito

- seventh

Pang sieti

ika-sampo

- tenth

Pang dies

ika-siyam

- ninth

Pang niebi

ika-tatlo

- third

Pang tres

ika-walo

- eighth

Pang otsu

ikaw

- you

bo

ikli

- shortness; briefness

kortu

iklian

- v. to cut short

Korta kortu

ikom

- closed

sara

ikot

- turn around

bira

ilagan

- to dodge; to evade

se ilag

ilagay

- put down; put in place

Itsa na bahu, Itsa na lugar

ilalim

- under; underneath; beneath; bottom

hondu

ilan (ilang)

- how many; few

kuantu

ilapit

- to come or bring near

se serka

ilaw

- light

lus

ilawan

- to light; to shine light on

se lus, se klaru

ilipat

- to transfer

Kambya, se kambya, se lipat

ilog

- river

riyu

ilong

- nose

naris

ina (nanay)

- mother

Madri, nanay

inalis

- removed

kita

inamin

- admitted, confessed

Se amin

ingay

- noise

rwidu

inumin

- drink

bebe

isa

- one

unu

isang

- one

una

isabit

- to hang

ingantsa