Hiligaynon Everyday Verbs with Tagalog Translations
65 everyday verbs in Hiligaynon, 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. Hiligaynon entries are marked pending review until a native speaker has confirmed them.
Everyday verbs
The actions that carry most sentences.
| Hiligaynon | Tagalog | English |
|---|---|---|
| Magtulogpending review | Matulog | To sleep |
| Makitapending review | Makita | To see |
| Isilingpending review | Sabihin | To sayIlocano and Pangasinan share 'ibaga' — but in Tagalog 'baga' is an ember, and in Ilocano it is the colour red. |
| Kabalopending review | Alam | To know |
| Gustopending review | Gusto | To wantKapampangan 'buri' is to want or like. In Tagalog 'buri' is a species of palm. |
| Maghatagpending review | Magbigay | To give |
| Magtrabahopending review | Magtrabaho | To work |
| Maglakatpending review | Maglakad | To walk |
| Maghambalpending review | Magsalita | To 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. |
| Mamatipending review | Makinig | To listen |
| Magsulatpending review | Sumulat | To write |
| Magbasapending review | Magbasa | To read |
| Maglingkodpending review | Umupo | To sit |
| Magtindogpending review | Tumayo | To stand |
| Magdalaganpending review | Tumakbo | To run |
| Maghulatpending review | Maghintay | To wait |
| Buksanpending review | Buksan | To open |
| Sirhanpending review | Isara | To close |
| Maghugaspending review | Maghugas | To wash |
| Magkaripending review | Pumunta rito | To come here |
| kagatpending review | kagat | To bite |
| supsoppending review | sipsip | To suck |
| duplapending review | luwa | To spit |
| sukapending review | suka | To vomit |
| huyoppending review | ihip | To blow (as wind) |
| ginhawapending review | hinga | To breathe |
| kadlawpending review | tawa | To laugh |
| pamatipending review | dinig | To hear |
| hibalopending review | alam | To know (a fact) |
| dumdompending review | isip | To think |
| simhotpending review | amoy | To smell (sense odour) |
| sin-opending review | takot | To fear |
| buhipending review | buhay | To live |
| mataypending review | patay | To die |
| pataypending review | patay | To kill |
| awaypending review | laban | To fight |
| mangayampending review | mangaso | To hunt (transitive) |
| lampuspending review | tama | To hit |
| putolpending review | putol | To cut |
| bis-akpending review | biyak | To split |
| dugkalpending review | saksak | To stab (or stick) |
| kalotpending review | kamot | To scratch (an itch) |
| suk-aypending review | hukay | To dig |
| langoypending review | langoy | To swim |
| lupadpending review | lipad | To fly |
| abotpending review | dating | To come |
| higdapending review | higa | To lie (as on one's side) |
| likopending review | liko | To turn (change direction) |
| hulogpending review | hulog | To fall (as in drop) |
| kupotpending review | hawak | To hold (in one's hand) |
| pisilpending review | pisil | To squeeze |
| kuskospending review | kuskos | To rub |
| pahidpending review | punas | To wipe |
| butongpending review | hila | To pull |
| tulodpending review | tulak | To push |
| haboypending review | tapon | To throw |
| higotpending review | tali | To tie |
| tahipending review | tahi | To sew |
| isippending review | bilang | To count |
| ambapending review | awit | To sing |
| hampangpending review | laro | To play |
| lutawpending review | lutang | To float |
| iligpending review | agos | To flow |
| daludopending review | maga | To swell |
| sunogpending review | sunogin | To burn (intransitive) |
More Hiligaynon word lists
- Hiligaynon Polite Words and Phrases10
- Hiligaynon Numbers17
- Hiligaynon Days, Months and Time Words19
- Hiligaynon Family and People Words22
- Hiligaynon Food and Eating Words28
- Hiligaynon Directions and Travel Words13
- Hiligaynon Emergency and Health Phrases12
- Hiligaynon Words for Parts of the Body26
- Hiligaynon Words for Nature and Weather38
- Hiligaynon Adjectives and Describing Words40
- Hiligaynon Months of the Year12
- Hiligaynon Words for Animals17
Sources
- Hiligaynon phrasebook — Wikivoyage. Accessed 2026-08-13.
- Appendix: Hiligaynon Swadesh list — Wiktionary. Accessed 2026-08-17.
- Tagalog phrasebook — Wikivoyage. Accessed 2026-08-13.
- Appendix: Austronesian Swadesh lists — Wiktionary. Accessed 2026-08-17.