TAGALOG-ENGLISH DICTIONARY

The closest Tagalog equivalent for “honest” is tapat.

The word tapat, however, is equivalent to three other words: “faithful,” “sincere,” and “upright.”

To be tapat, therefore, is also to be “honest” and “faithful,” as well as mapagkakatiwalaan or trustworthy.

And while to be tapat is to be “sincere,” to be “sincere” is also to be taos-puso.  To be tapat is, morever, to be “upright,” but to be “upright” is also to be marangal. Continue reading “TAPAT”