Tagalog-English Dictionary Online: With Pronunciation Audio

LQ

Filipinos’ colloquial acronym for the English term “lovers quarrel” Continue reading “LQ”

There is a very popular Christmas holiday treat in the Philippines called puto bumbóng, which is purple rice cooked inside bamboo tubes.

bumbóng
bamboo tube

Filipino slang word that’s short for Pilipinas — what Filipinos call their country.

Saysay na mahusay

kaayusan at kahusayan ng pagsasalita

sayúsay
rhetoric

retorika
rhetoric

kasulangat ng puti

i·tím
black

This word is from the Spanish información.

pung·kól Continue reading “PUNGKOL”

This word is from the Spanish tifus. Continue reading “TIPUS”