Tagalog Words Starting With B
426 root words from baba to buyo. Each root unlocks its own family of derived words and verb forms — open any entry for pronunciation, stress marks, and example sentences.
- baba down; below
- babà chin
- babád soaked, very wet
- bábad soak
- babae woman; female
- babangan silver carp
- babaw shallowness
- babaylan religious community leader
- baboy pig; pork
- baboy-damo wild pig, wild boar
- bading gay male
- baga live coal
- bagá emphatic expression
- bagabag worry, anxiety
- bagahe baggage, problems
- bagal slowness
- bagaman even though
- bagang molar
- bagay thing, object
- baging vine
- bagito rookie, greenhorn
- bago new; recent
- Bagong Taon New Year
- bagong-tao young man
- bagoong fermented fish or shrimp paste
- bagot impatient, bored
- bagsak fall, fail, loss
- bagsik efficacy, strictness, cruelty
- bagtas to traverse
- bagting instrument strings, anchor wires
- bagyo typhoon; storm
- baha flood
- bahag G-string, loincloth
- bahagdan percent
- bahagi part; share
- bahagya hardly, scarcely, barely
- bahala responsibility
- bahay house
- bahay kubo nipa hut
- bahay na bato Spanish-style stone house
- bahay-aliwan nightclub, cabaret
- bahay-ampunan orphanage
- bahay-bata womb
- bahay-pari convent
- bahay-paupahan house for rent
- bahay-pukyutan honeycomb
- bahay-sanlaan pawnshop
- bahid stain, smear
- bahing sneeze
- bahista bass player
- baho foul odor
- bait kindness
- baitang steps; school grades
- baka cow
- baka maybe; perhaps
- baká perhaps, maybe
- baka-sakali maybe, taking a chance
- bakal iron, steel
- bakalaw cod fish
- bakante vacant
- bakas gambling/business partnership
- bakás footprints, marks, trails
- bakasyon vacation
- bakat mark, impression
- bákat scar
- bakaw heron (bird)
- bakawan mangrove
- bakbak remove bark/skin, peeled off
- bakin why
- bakit why
- bakla gay male
- baklad fish pen, fish trap
- baklas pry off, detach
- bakod fence
- bakokang huge deep scar
- bakood highland, plateau
- bakterya bacteria
- baku-bako rough, full of potholes
- bakulaw huge monkey, gorilla
- bakuli fingerling (fish)
- bakuna vaccination, vaccine
- bakwet evacuation
- bakya wooden footwear; common/cheap
- bala threat; omen
- balae co-parent-in-law
- balakang hip
- balakid obstacle
- balakubak dandruff
- balana everybody, everyone
- balang locust
- balangay huge precolonial boat
- balanggot aquatic reed used for mats/hats
- balanghay military unit or company
- balangkas outline, plot
- balani attraction, magnetism
- balanse balance, remainder
- balaraw dagger; indigenous weapon
- balarila grammar
- balasik fierceness
- balasubas swindler; one who doesn't pay debt
- balat skin
- balát skin, peel
- balat-kalabaw insensitive; thick-skinned
- balatay striped mark from a whip
- balatkayo disguise
- balato money given from winnings
- balaw Cebu cuckoo-shrike (bird)
- balaw-balaw fermented rice and shrimp
- balay house (Cebuano/Waray)
- balbakwa salted fish (Luzon) or meat stew (Mindanao)
- balbal colloquial or slang language
- Balbalan ethnolinguistic group (Kalinga)
- balbas beard
- balbas-sarado full beard
- balbon hairy, hirsute
- balda injury or disability
- balde pail, bucket
- bale cash advance; value
- balete banyan tree; spirit home
- balî broken, fractured
- balibag hurling or throwing
- baligho absurd, without logic
- baligtad upside down, inverted
- balik return
- balik-aral review of lessons
- balikat shoulder
- balikbayan Filipino returning from abroad
- baliko curved, not straight
- balikwas sudden turn; revolt
- balila hairtail fish
- balimbing star fruit; traitor (slang)
- balingkinitan slim, slender body
- balinsasayaw swiftlet bird
- balintataw pupil of the eye
- balintawak native Filipina dress
- balintuna paradox, irony
- balintuwad upside down position
- balisa anxious, worried
- balisawsaw painful urination
- balisong butterfly knife (Batangas)
- balita news
- balitaktakan heated discussion, debate
- balitaw Visayan courtship dance/song
- baliw insane, crazy
- balobo endemic tree used for fuel
- balok inner skin of fruits; cuticle
- balon well (water source)
- balot wrap
- balota ballot
- balsâ raft
- balse waltz
- baltak sudden strong pull
- balubid chameleon; sailfin lizard
- baluktot bent; crooked
- balut fertilized duck embryo
- baluti armor, breastplate
- balwarte bastion, stronghold
- balyena whale
- banaba tropical tree used for medicinal tea
- banal holy
- banas humidity
- banayad gentle; moderate
- banda musical band
- bandido bandit
- bandila flag
- bandurya musical instrument
- banga jar
- banghay plot; conjugation
- bangin ravine
- bangka boat
- bangko bank (financial institution)
- bango fragrance
- bangungot nightmare
- banlaw rinse
- bansa country
- bantay-salakay untrustworthy person
- bantayog monument
- banyo bathroom
- baon provisions (food/money) for travel
- bapor ship
- bara blockage
- barangay neighborhood; village
- barat one who bargains aggressively, stingy, haggle
- barbero barber
- barberya barbershop
- barkada group of friends
- barko ship
- baro dress, clothing
- barya coins; small change
- baryá loose change, coins
- basa reading
- basa wet
- baso drinking glass
- basta enough; just because
- basura trash, garbage
- bata child; young
- batâ to bear difficulties
- batalan extension of a house used as a washroom
- batalyon battalion
- batas law
- bataw hyacinth bean
- batbat full of; covered in
- Bathala supreme deity of the Tagalogs
- bati greeting; acknowledgment
- batibot muscled frame; iron chair
- batid known, aware of
- batidor copper pitcher for chocolate
- bátik blemish, spot
- batikan expert
- batikuling Indian laurel tree
- bato stone; rock
- batuta police stick
- batya laundry tub
- baul chest, trunk
- bawang garlic
- baya neglect, leave alone
- bayabas guava
- bayad payment
- bayag testicles
- bayakan Philippine giant fruit bat
- bayan town; nation
- bayani hero
- bayaw brother-in-law
- bayawak Philippine monitor lizard
- bayok bayur tree; Maranao chant
- bayong bag made of woven palm leaves
- bayubay body hanging on a cross
- baywang waist
- Belen nativity scene
- belo veil
- benda surgical bandage
- benepisyo benefit
- bente twenty
- bentilador electric fan
- bentilasyon ventilation
- berde green
- bersiyon version
- bestida dress (clothing)
- beterana female veteran
- beterano male veteran
- bibig mouth
- bibingka baked rice cake
- bida lead character
- bigas uncooked rice
- bigat weight; heaviness
- bigay to give
- bigkas pronunciation; to recite
- bigkis bundle, truss
- bigla suddenly
- bigo disappointed; failed
- bigote mustache
- bigti hanging (to kill)
- bigwas sudden jab
- bihag prisoner, captive
- bihasá expert, skillful
- bihira rare; seldom
- bihon rice noodles
- bikas attractive posture
- bikás heartleaf hemp vine
- biko rice cake with caramel
- biktima victim
- bilad dried under the sun
- bilang number; count
- bilanggo prisoner
- bili buy
- bilin request, advice
- bilis speed; quickness
- bilog circle; roundness
- bilyon billion
- bimpo small face towel
- binat relapse (sickness)
- bingi deaf
- bingit edge, rim
- bingwit fishing pole
- bini modesty; refinement
- bintana window
- binti calf (of the leg)
- binukot epic storyteller (trained from childhood)
- birhen virgin
- biro joke, tease
- bisa effectiveness; potency
- bisa visa
- bisà effect, efficacy
- bisig arm
- bisikleta bicycle
- bisita guest; visitor
- bisugo threadfin bream fish
- bisyo vice
- bitag trap, snare
- bitak fissure, crack
- bitaw to let go
- bitay execution by hanging
- bitbit to carry
- bitin hanging; left hanging
- bitiw to resign
- bituin star
- bituing-dagat starfish
- bituka intestine
- biyahe trip; journey
- biyak crack, split
- biyaya blessing; grace
- biyenan parent-in-law
- biyernes Friday
- biyolin violin
- biyuda widow
- biyudo widower
- blusa blouse
- bodega storeroom, warehouse
- bokabolaryo vocabulary
- boksing boxing
- bola ball
- bolo machete
- bomba bomb
- bombero firefighter
- bombilya light bulb
- boses voice
- bota boots
- bote bottle
- botika pharmacy; drugstore
- boto vote
- braso arm
- brilyante diamond
- bruha witch
- bubog broken glass
- bubong roof
- bubot unripe; immature
- bubuwit small house mouse; spy
- bubuyog bee
- buga to spit or blow out (liquid/smoke)
- bugaw to chase away; pimp
- bugbog to hit, beat up, bruise, beating
- bughaw blue
- bugnot exasperation, irritation
- bugok rotten (egg); challenged
- bugso impetus, driving force
- bugtong riddle; only one
- buhaghag spongy, loose
- buhangin sand
- buhat to carry, lift; from
- buhawi tornado, cyclone
- buhay life
- buho type of bamboo
- buhok hair
- buhol knot
- buhong wicked person
- buka open
- bukadkad bloomed, fully open
- bukana opening, entrance
- bukang-liwayway dawn, daybreak
- bukas tomorrow
- bukid farm; field; countryside
- buklod bound, united
- buko bud; young coconut; found out
- bukong-bukong ankle
- bula bubble
- bulaan liar
- bulag blind
- Bulaga surprise (Boo!)
- bulagsak spendthrift
- bulagta fallen flat
- bulahaw disturb the peace
- bulak cotton
- bulaklak flower
- bulalakaw shooting star
- bulalas exclamation
- bulalo bone marrow; soup
- bulate worm
- bulatlat examination by exposure
- bulbol pubic hair
- bulgar vulgar, coarse
- bulig mudfish
- bulilit small child
- bulkan volcano
- bulok rotten; decayed
- bulol stuttering
- bulong whisper
- bulul rice granary deity
- bulusok quick downward movement
- bulwagan hall
- bulwak overflowing liquid
- bulyaw angry scream
- bundok mountain
- bundol to hit or crash (accident)
- bunga fruit; result
- bungal toothless
- bunggo to hit or bump into
- bungisngis person who giggles a lot
- bungkaka bamboo buzzer instrument
- bungo skull
- buno to wrestle
- bunót coconut husk
- búnot to pull out
- bunso youngest child
- buntal palm fibre; a punch
- buntot tail
- buo whole; entire; complete
- buod summary
- bura erase
- buro fermented rice dish
- buról hill
- búrol wake for the dead
- bus bus
- busabos slave, destitute
- busal muzzle, corncob
- busina horn (vehicle)
- buslo bamboo basket
- busog full, satisfied
- butanding whale shark
- butás has a hole
- bútas hole, gap
- butete tadpole; big stomach
- buti goodness
- butiki house lizard
- butil grain
- buto bone
- butones button
- buwag destroy, dismantle
- buwal fall, drop
- buwan moon; month
- buwaya crocodile
- buwelta to turn around, return
- buwenas luck, lucky
- buwisit nuisance, annoying
- buwitre vulture
- buyangyang exposed
- buyo incite, induce