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Pangasinan Adjectives and Describing Words with Tagalog Translations

40 describing things in Pangasinan, 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. Pangasinan entries are marked pending review until a native speaker has confirmed them.

Describing things

Big, small, good, beautiful.

Describing things: Pangasinan phrases with Tagalog and English translations
PangasinanTagalogEnglish
Balegpending reviewMalakiBig
Melagpending reviewMaliitSmall
Maabigpending reviewMabutiGood
Maugespending reviewMasamaBad
Marakeppending reviewMagandaBeautifulBikol 'magayon' is the root behind Mayon, the volcano. Waray 'mahusay' means beautiful; in Tagalog the same word means skilled or well-arranged.
Ampetangpending reviewMainitHot
Ambetelpending reviewMalamigCold
Maplespending reviewMabilisFast
Balopending reviewBagoNew
Daanpending reviewLumaOld (of a thing)Ilocano and the Visayan languages use 'daan' for old — the same string Tagalog uses for a road.
Masikenpending reviewMatandaOld (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.
Dakelpending reviewMaramiMany
Daisetpending reviewKauntiFew
Andukeypending reviewMahabaLong
Antikeypending reviewMaikliShort
Ambelatpending reviewMabigatHeavy
Malinispending reviewMalinisClean
Marutakpending reviewMarumiDirty
amínpending reviewlahatAll
pigarapending reviewilanSome
arompending reviewibaOther
malaparpending reviewmalapadWide
kapalpending reviewmakapalThick
maingetpending reviewmakitidNarrow
maimpispending reviewmanipisThin
ampetangpending reviewmainitWarm (as in weather)
ambetelpending reviewmalamigCold (as in weather)
nakselpending reviewpunoFull
daanpending reviewlumaOld
abolokpending reviewbulokRotten (as a log)
maptekpending reviewtuwidStraight
malimpekpending reviewbilogRound
matdempending reviewmatulisSharp (as a knife)
epelpending reviewmapurolDull (as a knife)
palanaspending reviewmakinisSmooth
ambasapending reviewbasaWet
amagapending reviewtuyoDry (adjective)
dugapending reviewtamaRight (correct)
kawananpending reviewkananRight (side)
kawigipending reviewkaliwaLeft (side)

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