Cebuano Emergency and Health Phrases with Tagalog Translations
12 health & emergency in Cebuano, 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. Cebuano entries are marked pending review until a native speaker has confirmed them.
Health & emergency
The phrases worth knowing before you need them.
| Cebuano | Tagalog | English |
|---|---|---|
| Tabang!pending review | Tulong! | Help!Worth memorising the local form before you need it. Cebuano 'tabang' is help; Hiligaynon 'tab-ang' is bland or tasteless, which is a poor thing to shout. |
| Doktorpending review | Doktor | Doctor |
| Ospitalpending review | Ospital | Hospital |
| Masakiton kopending review | May sakit ako | I am sick |
| Sakitpending review | Masakit | It hurtsWaray 'maul-ul' and Bikol 'makulog' share nothing with the 'sakit' the other six use. |
| Pulispending review | Pulis | Police |
| Sunog!pending review | Sunog! | Fire!Bikol shouts 'Kalayo!', which in Tagalog would be parsed as 'distance'. In an emergency that is the worst possible ambiguity. |
| Kawatan!pending review | Magnanakaw! | Thief! |
| Pag-ampingpending review | Mag-ingat ka | Be careful |
| Nawala kopending review | Naligaw ako | I am lost |
| Hilanatpending review | Lagnat | Fever |
| Labad sa ulopending review | Sakit ng ulo | Headache |
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- Cebuano Polite Words and Phrases10
- Cebuano Numbers17
- Cebuano Days, Months and Time Words19
- Cebuano Family and People Words22
- Cebuano Food and Eating Words28
- Cebuano Directions and Travel Words13
- Cebuano Words for Parts of the Body26
- Cebuano Words for Nature and Weather38
- Cebuano Adjectives and Describing Words40
- Cebuano Everyday Verbs66
- Cebuano Months of the Year12
- Cebuano Words for Animals17
Sources
- Cebuano phrasebook — Wikivoyage. Accessed 2026-08-13.
- Appendix: Austronesian Swadesh lists — Wiktionary. Accessed 2026-08-17.
- Tagalog phrasebook — Wikivoyage. Accessed 2026-08-13.