Kapampangan Adjectives and Describing Words with Tagalog Translations
40 describing things in Kapampangan, 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. Kapampangan entries are marked pending review until a native speaker has confirmed them.
Describing things
Big, small, good, beautiful.
| Kapampangan | Tagalog | English |
|---|---|---|
| Maragulpending review | Malaki | Big |
| Malatipending review | Maliit | Small |
| Mayappending review | Mabuti | Good |
| Marokpending review | Masama | Bad |
| Malagupending review | Maganda | BeautifulBikol 'magayon' is the root behind Mayon, the volcano. Waray 'mahusay' means beautiful; in Tagalog the same word means skilled or well-arranged. |
| Mapalipending review | Mainit | Hot |
| Malamigpending review | Malamig | Cold |
| Malagwapending review | Mabilis | Fast |
| Bayupending review | Bago | New |
| Lumapending review | Luma | Old (of a thing)Ilocano and the Visayan languages use 'daan' for old — the same string Tagalog uses for a road. |
| Matuapending review | Matanda | Old (of a person)Ilocano 'lakay' is an old man specifically; 'baket' is the word for an old woman, and that one collides with Kapampangan 'baket', meaning why. |
| Dakalpending review | Marami | Many |
| Ditakpending review | Kaunti | Few |
| Makabapending review | Mahaba | Long |
| Makuyadpending review | Maikli | Short |
| Mabayatpending review | Mabigat | Heavy |
| Malinispending review | Malinis | Clean |
| Marinatpending review | Marumi | Dirty |
| nganpending review | lahat | All |
| mapilanpending review | ilan | Some |
| aliuapending review | iba | Other |
| lapadpending review | malapad | Wide |
| kapalpending review | makapal | Thick |
| kitidpending review | makitid | Narrow |
| impispending review | manipis | Thin |
| mapalipending review | mainit | Warm (as in weather) |
| marimlapending review | malamig | Cold (as in weather) |
| sapakpending review | puno | Full |
| matuapending review | luma | Old |
| bulukpending review | bulok | Rotten (as a log) |
| matulidpending review | tuwid | Straight |
| mabilugpending review | bilog | Round |
| matarampending review | matulis | Sharp (as a knife) |
| mapurulpending review | mapurol | Dull (as a knife) |
| makinispending review | makinis | Smooth |
| basapending review | basa | Wet |
| malangipending review | tuyo | Dry (adjective) |
| ustupending review | tama | Right (correct) |
| uananpending review | kanan | Right (side) |
| kailipending review | kaliwa | Left (side) |
More Kapampangan word lists
- Kapampangan Numbers17
- Kapampangan Days, Months and Time Words18
- Kapampangan Family and People Words20
- Kapampangan Food and Eating Words27
- Kapampangan Directions and Travel Words13
- Kapampangan Emergency and Health Phrases10
- Kapampangan Words for Parts of the Body26
- Kapampangan Words for Nature and Weather36
- Kapampangan Everyday Verbs59
- Kapampangan Months of the Year12
- Kapampangan Words for Animals17
Sources
- Kapampangan phrasebook — Wikivoyage. Accessed 2026-08-13.
- Appendix: Austronesian Swadesh lists — Wiktionary. Accessed 2026-08-17.
- Tagalog phrasebook — Wikivoyage. Accessed 2026-08-13.