Kapampangan Food and Eating Words with Tagalog Translations
23 food & eating 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.
Food & eating
Meals, ingredients and asking for them.
| Kapampangan | Tagalog | English |
|---|---|---|
| Abiaspending review | Bigas | Rice (uncooked)All eight distinguish uncooked grain from cooked rice with separate words — a distinction English has to spell out. |
| Nasipending review | Kanin | Rice (cooked)Kapampangan 'nasi' is a Malay-shaped word that none of its neighbours share. |
| Asanpending review | Isda | FishBikol and Pangasinan 'sira' is a fish. In Tagalog and Cebuano 'sira' means broken or spoiled — so a Bikolano menu can read alarmingly to a Manila reader. |
| Karnepending review | Karne | Meat |
| Manukpending review | Manok | Chicken |
| Babipending review | Baboy | Pig |
| Ebunpending review | Itlog | EggOne of the sharpest splits in this file. 'Itlog' covers Tagalog through Hiligaynon, then Waray, Bikol, Kapampangan and Pangasinan each go their own way entirely. |
| Asinpending review | Asin | SaltThe province of Pangasinan is named for this word — 'pang-asin-an', the place where salt is made. |
| Gulepending review | Gulay | Vegetable |
| Manganpending review | Kumain | To eatIlocano, Kapampangan and Pangasinan all use 'mangan' — a genuine Luzon isogloss, and one of the very few things the three share against the Visayan 'kaon'. |
| Danupan ku napending review | Gutom na ako | I'm hungry |
| Manyamanpending review | Masarap | DeliciousEight languages, eight unrelated words for the same compliment. If you learn one word from this list, learn the local one for this. |
| Tinapepending review | Tinapay | Bread |
| Asukalpending review | Asukal | Sugar |
| Sagingpending review | Saging | Banana |
| Ungutpending review | Niyog | Coconut |
| Manggapending review | Mangga | Mango |
| Maispending review | Mais | Corn |
| Bawangpending review | Bawang | GarlicThe Visayan languages took the Spanish 'ajos'; the Luzon languages kept the native 'bawang'. |
| Mayumupending review | Matamis | Sweet |
| Maaslampending review | Maasim | Sour |
| Maglutupending review | Magluto | To cook |
| Kutsarapending review | Kutsara | Spoon |
More Kapampangan word lists
Sources
- Ilocano phrasebook — Wikivoyage. Accessed 2026-07-26.
- 52 Useful Ilocano Words & Phrases to Learn for Travelers — Chill and Travel. Accessed 2026-07-26.