DECEMBER

The Tagalog word Disyembre comes from the Spanish diciembre.

Disyembre
Disiyembre
(Diseyembre)
December

buwan ng Disyembre
month of December

Araw ng Kabayanihan ni Rizal
Rizal’s Day of Heroism
(December 30)

maginaw
chilly

malamig
cold

taglamig
“cold season” = winter

Maligayang Pasko!
Merry Christmas!

Bisperas ng Bagong Taon
New Year’s Eve

ika-31 ng Disyembre
December 31

“Nag-i-is-snow.”
It snows. It’s snowing.

The Tagalog word for snow is niyebe from the Spanish nieve. Filipinos prefer to use the English word.

Remember, remember, the 4th of December.

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