Ever heard the word “kababayan” in a Filipino conversation? Whether you're learning Tagalog or just curious about Filipino culture, kababayan is a word you'll hear often—and for good reason.

Looking to expand your Filipino vocabulary? Today’s featured Tagalog word brings us straight to the soul of Filipino hospitality and food culture. Let’s talk about salu-salo — a term every ...

a Tagalog expression for witnessing something adorable. By Gina Cherelus Need a word to emphasize that intense feeling that comes from bearing witness to a beautiful, doll-like baby? Or a term to ...

A lot of times, the mass media doesn’t help at all in telling its audience the proper spelling or usage of Filipino words. The Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF, or the Commission on the Filipino ...

But there’s now an official word for it in English: gigil. Borrowed from Tagalog, one of the primary languages of the Philippines, gigil is among 42 words that are untranslatable or have no ...

Gigil is a Tagalog word that was recently added to the Oxford English Dictionary, one of the most comprehensive dictionaries in the English-speaking world. PHOTO/S: Canva Isa na namang Filipino word ...

He added that he has confidence when learning the language because he can always ask his "Lola," the Tagalog word for grandmother, for help when he doesn't know a word. Filipino American artist ...