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Cebuano Everyday Verbs with Tagalog Translations

66 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
paakpending reviewkagatTo bite
supsoppending reviewsipsipTo suck
luwapending reviewluwaTo spit
sukapending reviewsukaTo vomit
huyoppending reviewihipTo blow (as wind)
ginhawapending reviewhingaTo breathe
katawapending reviewtawaTo laugh
dungogpending reviewdinigTo hear
kahibalopending reviewalamTo know (a fact)
hunahunapending reviewisipTo think
simhotpending reviewamoyTo smell (sense odour)
hadlokpending reviewtakotTo fear
buhipending reviewbuhayTo live
mataypending reviewpatayTo die
bunopending reviewpatayTo kill
awaypending reviewlabanTo fight
mangayampending reviewmangasoTo hunt (transitive)
igopending reviewtamaTo hit
putolpending reviewputolTo cut
pikaspending reviewbiyakTo split
dunggabpending reviewsaksakTo stab (or stick)
katolpending reviewkamotTo scratch (an itch)
kalotpending reviewhukayTo dig
langoypending reviewlangoyTo swim
lupadpending reviewlipadTo fly
aripending reviewdatingTo come
higdapending reviewhigaTo lie (as on one's side)
likopending reviewlikoTo turn (change direction)
hulogpending reviewhulogTo fall (as in drop)
hawidpending reviewhawakTo hold (in one's hand)
pisapending reviewpisilTo squeeze
banyospending reviewkuskosTo rub
pahidpending reviewpunasTo wipe
bitadpending reviewhilaTo pull
tuklodpending reviewtulakTo push
labaypending reviewtaponTo throw
hikotpending reviewtaliTo tie
tahipending reviewtahiTo sew
ihappending reviewbilangTo count
awitpending reviewawitTo sing
dulapending reviewlaroTo play
lutawpending reviewlutangTo float
agaspending reviewagosTo flow
bagtokpending reviewtigasTo freeze
burotpending reviewmagaTo swell
sunogpending reviewsunoginTo burn (intransitive)

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