From root: larawan
Usage Note
Panlarawan is often used as a synonym for palalarawan in linguistic contexts. It pertains to the function of providing imagery or detail.
Examples
" Gumamit ka ng salitang panlarawan. "
Natural Translation
Use a descriptive word.
Literal Translation
Use you of word descriptive.
" Gumamit siya ng mga salitang panlarawan. "
Natural Translation
He/She used descriptive words.
Literal Translation
Used he/she of words descriptive.
" Para mas mabuhay ang iyong sanaysay, dagdagan mo ito ng mga pang-uring panlarawan na makakatulong sa mambabasa na isipin ang eksena. "
Natural Translation
To make your essay more vivid, add descriptive adjectives that will help the reader picture the scene.
Literal Translation
So-that more alive the your essay, add you this of adjectives descriptive that will-help to-the reader that imagine the scene.
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 workWord family
larawan has 5 related forms built from the same root.
Related Words
Explore Tagalog by topic
Free guides on grammar, vocabulary, and culture to take you past single-word lookups.
Tagalog Time Expressions: Past, Present & Future Guide
Tagalog has no tenses — it uses aspect. Learn time words, days of the week, clock time, and the aspect system, with vocabulary tables and cultural notes.
Po and Opo in Tagalog: Where to Put Them Right
Po and opo confuse learners — but placement follows one rule. Where po goes in a sentence, why it's opo not 'oo po', and the pronoun shift to learn.
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.
Mano Po and Filipino Etiquette: A Visitor's Guide
Mano po presses an elder's hand to your forehead as a blessing. Learn who to mano, how to lip-point, and the etiquette that wins over a Filipino family.