Learn Filipino or Tagalog adjectives (Pang-uri). All words are translated to audio and text.

In linguistics, an adjective is a describing word, the main syntactic role of which is to qualify a noun or noun phrase, giving more information about the object signified.  (Wikipedia)

English to Tagalog translations

Adjectives	Mga Pang-uri
Colors	Mga Kulay
black	itim
blue	asul
brown	kayumanggi
gray	kulay-abo
green	berde
indigo	anyil
orange	kahel
purple	lila
red	pula
white	puti
yellow	dilaw
Sizes	Mga Sukat
big	malaki
deep	malalim
long	mahaba
narrow	makitid
short	maikli
small	maliit
tall	matangkad
thick	makapal
thin	manipis
wide	malawak
Shapes / Lines	Mga Hugis at Mga Linya
diagonal	dayagonal
horizontal	pahalang
round; circular	bilog
square	parisukat
straight	tuwid
triangular	trayanggulo
vertical	patayo
curve	kurba
Tastes	Panlasa
bitter	mapait
cold	malamig
fresh	sariwa
hot	mainit
salty	maalat
sour	maasim
spicy	maanghang
sweet	matamis
Qualities	Katangian
bad	masama
beautiful; pretty	maganda
careless	buhalhal
careful	maingat
clean	malinis
correct	tama
dark	madilim
difficult	mahirap
dirty	marumi
dry	tuyo
easy	madali
empty	walang laman
expensive	mahal
extrovert	mapagkaibigan
fake	peke
fast	mabilis
foreign	dayuhan
full	puno
good; kind	mabuti
happy	masaya
hard	matigas
healthy	malusog
heavy	mabigat
honest	tapat
inexpensive	mura
light	maliwanag
local	lokal
good; kind	mabuti
neat	maayos
new	bago
noisy	maingay
old	luma
old	matanda
organize	maayos
polite; respectful	magalang
powerful	malakas
quiet	tahimik
sad	malungkot
short	maikli
shy	mahiyain
slow	mabagal
soft	malambot
talkative	masalita
tall	matangkad
thoughtful	maalala
very	tunay
weak	mahina
wet	basa
wrong	mali
young	bata
Quantities	Dami
few	ilan
little	kaunti
many	marami
much	magkano
part	bahagi
some	ilan
whole	buo
Examples	Mga Halimbawa
a nice friend	mabuting kaibigan
a tall guy	isang matangkad na lalaki
a tall building	isang mataas na gusali
the old man with a gray hair	ang matandang lalaki na may puting buhok
a neat kitchen	maaliwalas na kusina

 

 

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