Bikol Food and Eating Words with Tagalog Translations
27 food & eating in Bikol, each with its Tagalog equivalent and an English gloss. Entries come from our phrasebook, compiled from published references rather than produced by the translation engine. Bikol entries are marked pending review until a native speaker has confirmed them.
Food & eating
Meals, ingredients and asking for them.
| Bikol | Tagalog | English |
|---|---|---|
| Bagaspending review | Bigas | Rice (uncooked)All eight distinguish uncooked grain from cooked rice with separate words — a distinction English has to spell out. |
| Sirapending review | Isda | FishBikol and Pangasinan 'sira' is a fish. In Tagalog and Cebuano 'sira' means broken or spoiled — so a Bikolano menu can read alarmingly to a Manila reader. |
| Karnepending review | Karne | Meat |
| Manokpending review | Manok | Chicken |
| Urigpending review | Baboy | Pig |
| Sugokpending review | Itlog | EggOne of the sharpest splits in this file. 'Itlog' covers Tagalog through Hiligaynon, then Waray, Bikol, Kapampangan and Pangasinan each go their own way entirely. |
| Asinpending review | Asin | SaltThe province of Pangasinan is named for this word — 'pang-asin-an', the place where salt is made. |
| Gulaypending review | Gulay | Vegetable |
| Magkakanpending review | Kumain | To eatIlocano, Kapampangan and Pangasinan all use 'mangan' — a genuine Luzon isogloss, and one of the very few things the three share against the Visayan 'kaon'. |
| Gutom na akopending review | Gutom na ako | I'm hungry |
| Masirampending review | Masarap | DeliciousEight languages, eight unrelated words for the same compliment. If you learn one word from this list, learn the local one for this. |
| Basog na akopending review | Busog na ako | I'm full |
| Tinapaypending review | Tinapay | Bread |
| Asukarpending review | Asukal | Sugar |
| Batagpending review | Saging | Banana |
| Niyogpending review | Niyog | Coconut |
| Manggapending review | Mangga | Mango |
| Maispending review | Mais | Corn |
| Bawangpending review | Bawang | GarlicThe Visayan languages took the Spanish 'ajos'; the Luzon languages kept the native 'bawang'. |
| Sabawpending review | Sabaw | Soup, broth |
| Mahamispending review | Matamis | Sweet |
| Maalsompending review | Maasim | Sour |
| Maharangpending review | Maanghang | Spicy |
| Maalatpending review | Maalat | Salty |
| Maglutopending review | Magluto | To cook |
| Platitopending review | Plato | Plate |
| Kutsarapending review | Kutsara | Spoon |
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- Bikol Emergency and Health Phrases12
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- Bikol Words for Nature and Weather17
- Bikol Adjectives and Describing Words18
- Bikol Everyday Verbs20
- Bikol Months of the Year12
Sources
- Ilocano phrasebook — Wikivoyage. Accessed 2026-07-26.
- 52 Useful Ilocano Words & Phrases to Learn for Travelers — Chill and Travel. Accessed 2026-07-26.