Pinoy Dictionary

apo n. term used out of respect for old people

gulayin (ginugulay, ginulay, gugulayin) v., inf. cook as a vegetable dish

hopya n. cake stuffed with mashed beans and chopped pork

pampanitikan adj. literary

tulain n. poetry; poems; poetical subjects

v. clean a mechanism. Kamau kang mulimpísa ug karburadur sa awtu? Do you know how to clean the carburator of a car? Limpisáhi ang pitrumaks arun musíga, Clean the pressure lantern so it will light; n. cleaning of mechanical equipment.

lair

adj. devout

v. 1. push someone or something away. Gituplak sa bátà ang básu sa bintánà, The child pushed the glass out of the window; 2. push a cock toward another to induce the second cock to fight. Ituplak ning sunúya sa usa arun masakmalan tung usa inig-áway níla, Shove this cock toward the other one so that I can grab it when they fight.

v. frown in distaste, or from not being permitted something Dì ku mag-ugut ug sugúun ku ni Nánay, I won’t frown if Mother sends me on an errand.

Pungency, acerbity; to be or become pungent, acrid, acerb. Nakahángan ang dílà ko sang katúmbal nga kinagát ko. My tongue was made sore (was burnt) by the chili which I bit. (see káhan id.).

A sort of stile or low fence easily stepped over by grown-up persons, but high enough to stop small children and animals; fender, guard. (see lakarán id.).

To loathe, recoil, be sickened, nauseated or revolted, abhor, feel like vomiting or have an aversion to, to detest, abominate, hate, feel repugnance to. Nagakangíl-ad akó sa pagtán-aw sang líntà. I hate to see (look upon) a leech. Dílì takús igkangíl-ad ang pagsagúd sa mga masakít. One should not show one's repugnance in attending on the sick. Ginangil-arán akó sang ípot sang kuríng. I feel like vomiting at the sight of a cat's dirt. (see taká, súm-od, lóod).

Good-for-nothing, useless, dull, stupid, sluggish, inept, not fit. (see pásloy, walâ, sing, pulús, walâ, sing, águd, etc.).

Child, baby; follower, adherent, dependent, hanger-on. (see bátà, sumulúnud, ilógilóg, mailógilógon).

n. panangrambac, panangdayaw

n. panagbusbos

adj. saan a napateg, saan a nasker

v. apagbiit a tamingen

n. babai a baboy