Kapampangan Everyday Verbs with Tagalog Translations
59 everyday verbs 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.
Everyday verbs
The actions that carry most sentences.
| Kapampangan | Tagalog | English |
|---|---|---|
| Matudtudpending review | Matulog | To sleep |
| Akitpending review | Makita | To see |
| Sabianpending review | Sabihin | To sayIlocano and Pangasinan share 'ibaga' — but in Tagalog 'baga' is an ember, and in Ilocano it is the colour red. |
| Balupending review | Alam | To know |
| Buripending review | Gusto | To wantKapampangan 'buri' is to want or like. In Tagalog 'buri' is a species of palm. |
| Mibiepending review | Magbigay | To give |
| Magobrapending review | Magtrabaho | To work |
| Magsalitapending 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. |
| Sumulatpending review | Sumulat | To write |
| Magbasapending review | Magbasa | To read |
| Luklukpending review | Umupo | To sit |
| Manayapending review | Maghintay | To wait |
| Buklatpending review | Buksan | To open |
| Ume kenipending review | Pumunta rito | To come here |
| ketpending review | kagat | To bite |
| sisipanpending review | sipsip | To suck |
| luranpending review | luwa | To spit |
| manyukapending review | suka | To vomit |
| labulanpending review | ihip | To blow (as wind) |
| mangisnauapending review | hinga | To breathe |
| mailipending review | tawa | To laugh |
| damdampending review | dinig | To hear |
| baluanpending review | alam | To know (a fact) |
| isipanpending review | isip | To think |
| bauanpending review | amoy | To smell (sense odour) |
| takutpending review | takot | To fear |
| biepending review | buhay | To live |
| matepending review | patay | To die |
| patenpending review | patay | To kill |
| labanpending review | laban | To fight |
| man-ayuppending review | mangaso | To hunt (transitive) |
| turanpending review | tama | To hit |
| pututpending review | putol | To cut |
| bikapending review | biyak | To split |
| akdakanpending review | saksak | To stab (or stick) |
| gamusanpending review | kamot | To scratch (an itch) |
| kulkulpending review | hukay | To dig |
| kauepending review | langoy | To swim |
| sulapopending review | lipad | To fly |
| umepending review | dating | To come |
| magkerapending review | higa | To lie (as on one's side) |
| mildispending review | liko | To turn (change direction) |
| mitombapending review | hulog | To fall (as in drop) |
| talnanpending review | hawak | To hold (in one's hand) |
| paslanpending review | pisil | To squeeze |
| kaskasanpending review | kuskos | To rub |
| pulisanpending review | punas | To wipe |
| igutanpending review | hila | To pull |
| isubungpending review | tulak | To push |
| iugsepending review | tapon | To throw |
| talipending review | tali | To tie |
| tayanpending review | tahi | To sew |
| mamilangpending review | bilang | To count |
| tumailapending review | awit | To sing |
| mamyalungpending review | laro | To play |
| gatopending review | lutang | To float |
| maguspending review | agos | To flow |
| mangalbagpending review | maga | To swell |
| silabpending review | sunogin | To burn (intransitive) |
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 Adjectives and Describing Words40
- 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.