manghihilot
manghihilót with stress marks
local massager, massueur, midwife
From root: hilot
Usage Note
Manghihilot is a traditional healer who practices hilot, a form of Filipino therapeutic massage used to treat muscle pain, sprains, and assist in childbirth. The manghihilot holds an important role in rural communities where access to formal medical care is limited, and hilot is officially recognized by the Philippine government as traditional medicine.
Examples
" Magaling ang manghihilot dito. "
Natural Translation
The local massager here is skilled.
Literal Translation
Skilled the local-massager here.
" Tumawag ka ng manghihilot. "
Natural Translation
Call a local massager.
Literal Translation
Call you of local massager.
" Sa baryo namin, mas maraming pumupunta sa manghihilot kaysa sa ospital tuwing may napipilayan o sumasakit ang likod. "
Natural Translation
In our village, more people go to the local massager than to the hospital whenever someone gets a sprain or a sore back.
Literal Translation
In village our, more many going to local-massager than to hospital whenever has gets-sprained or hurting the back.
Take Tagalog with you
The full course, a 12,500-word dictionary, and flashcards that make every word stick — free to start on iOS and Android.
Tagalog builds thousands of words from a few hundred roots.
How Tagalog words workRelated Words
Explore Tagalog by topic
Free guides on grammar, vocabulary, and culture to take you past single-word lookups.
Filipino Food: 12 Essential Dishes (With Tagalog Names)
Filipino food, from adobo to halo-halo: learn the Tagalog names, pronunciations, and ingredients behind 12 dishes you'll want to try on your first trip.
Tagalog Word Order: Sentence Structure Made Simple
Why Tagalog puts the verb first, and how ang, ng, and sa markers work. A clear guide to VSO word order, forming questions, and negation.
How to Say Sorry in Tagalog: Patawad vs Pasensya
How to say sorry in Tagalog: patawad, pasensya na, and paumanhin compared on a simple severity-and-formality ladder so you pick the right word every time.
Tagalog Pronouns Explained: Complete Chart with Examples
Every Tagalog pronoun explained with clear charts: ang/ng/sa forms, tayo vs kami, ikaw vs ka, politeness markers, and the mistakes beginners make.