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Cebuano Everyday Verbs with Tagalog Translations

20 everyday verbs 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.

Everyday verbs

The actions that carry most sentences.

Everyday verbs: Cebuano phrases with Tagalog and English translations
CebuanoTagalogEnglish
Matulogpending reviewMatulogTo sleep
Makitapending reviewMakitaTo see
Isultipending reviewSabihinTo sayIlocano and Pangasinan share 'ibaga' — but in Tagalog 'baga' is an ember, and in Ilocano it is the colour red.
Kabalopending reviewAlamTo know
Gustopending reviewGustoTo wantKapampangan 'buri' is to want or like. In Tagalog 'buri' is a species of palm.
Mohatagpending reviewMagbigayTo give
Motrabahopending reviewMagtrabahoTo work
Molakawpending reviewMaglakadTo walk
Mosultipending reviewMagsalitaTo speakThe Visayan languages disagree with each other completely here — sulti, hambal, yakan — which is a useful corrective to the idea that they are one language.
Maminawpending reviewMakinigTo listen
Mosulatpending reviewSumulatTo write
Mobasapending reviewMagbasaTo read
Molingkodpending reviewUmupoTo sit
Motindogpending reviewTumayoTo stand
Modaganpending reviewTumakboTo run
Maghulatpending reviewMaghintayTo wait
Ablihanpending reviewBuksanTo open
Sirad-anpending reviewIsaraTo close
Manghugaspending reviewMaghugasTo wash
Moanhipending reviewPumunta ritoTo come here

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