Tagalog Words Starting With D
306 root words from daan to dyipni. Each root unlocks its own family of derived words and verb forms — open any entry for pronunciation, stress marks, and example sentences.
- daan road, path, or way
- daga rat; mouse
- dagan weight placed on something
- dagat sea
- dagdag increase; supplement
- dagdag-bawas tampering with election results
- dagit to snatch from the air
- daglat abbreviation
- dagli short literary form
- dagok blow, thump
- dagsa sudden flow of people/objects
- dagta plant or tree sap
- dagundong roar, rolling thunder sound
- dahak loud expectoration
- dahan slowness; gentleness
- dahas force; violence
- dahil perhaps; maybe
- dahon leaf
- dahop destitute
- daig surpassed, superior
- daigdig world
- daing complaint, moan
- dáing dried fish
- dakdak speak loudly or continuously; chatter
- dakila great; noble
- dakip arrest; capture
- daklot snatch suddenly
- dakma to grab
- dako place referred to
- dala to carry; to bring
- dalá thing brought; carried
- dalâ fear of repeating bad experience
- dalag mud fish
- dalaga single woman
- dalagang bukid yellow tail fusilier (fish)
- dalagita young girl in early teens
- dalahira gossipy
- dalamhati sorrow; grief
- dalampasigan seashore; beach
- dalandan native Philippine citrus fruit
- dalang infrequent; sparse
- dalanghita tangerine orange
- dalangin prayer
- dalas frequency
- dalaw visit; visitor
- dalawa two
- daldal chatter; talkativeness
- dale hit; criticize
- dali quickness; a short duration of time
- Dali! Quickly!
- daliri finger; toe
- dalirot to point or poke with a finger
- dalisay pure; distilled
- dalisdis slope of a hill
- dalit indigenous 8-syllable poem
- dalo attend; help
- dalos rash; reckless haste
- daloy flow
- dalubhasa expert
- dalumat understanding; comprehension; concept
- dalusdos downward slide
- daluyong tidal wave; huge calamity
- damá touch; feel
- dáma checkers; lady-in-waiting
- dama de noche night-blooming flower
- damag all night
- damay help; sympathize; involve
- damba to fall over someone (animal/person)
- dambana altar
- dambong loot; plunder
- dambuhala giant
- damdam feeling; sensation
- dami amount; quantity; abundance
- damit clothing
- damo grass
- damot selfishness
- dampa hovel; small house
- dampi light and gentle touch
- dampot pick up; arrest (slang)
- danak flow (as of blood)
- dangal honor; dignity
- danggit rabbit fish
- dangkal measure using thumb and forefinger
- dantay leaning arm or leg on something
- danyos damage; payment for damage
- dao large timber tree
- daong huge boat
- daop clasped hands; meeting
- dapa lying on one's stomach
- dapan flounder (fish)
- dapat should; must
- dapithapon twilight; dusk; sunset
- dapo fern; air plant
- darak rice bran
- dasal prayer
- dati formerly; in the past
- dating arrival
- datos data
- datu chief of a village
- dausdos downward movement or slide
- daw according to (also raw)
- dawag bush; thick undergrowth
- dawit become involved; implicated
- daya cheat; fraud
- dayami hay; straw
- dayang pasture weed; princess
- dayang-dayang brown-striped snapper (fish)
- dayap Philippine lime
- dayo foreigner; stranger
- de-kahon cliché; stereotypical
- de-koryente uses electricity
- de-numero a person careful about following rules
- dehado at a disadvantage
- dekada decade
- dekana female dean
- dekano male dean
- delegado delegate
- delegasyon delegation
- deliberasyon deliberations
- delingkuwente delinquent
- deliryo delirium
- delubyo great flood
- delusyon delusion
- demanda demand; formal accusation
- demokrasya democracy
- demokratiko democratic
- demolisyon demolition
- demonstrador demonstrator
- demonstrasyon demonstration
- densidad density
- depeksiyon defection
- depektibo defective
- depekto defect
- depensibo defensive
- deportado a person deported; deported
- deportasyon deportation
- deposisyon deposition
- deposito deposit (money/security)
- deregulasyon deregulation
- desaparecido missing or abducted person
- desente decent
- desentralisasyon decentralization
- desersiyon desertion
- desgrasya accident; disgrace
- desgrasyada woman with a child out of wedlock
- desidido determined
- designasyon designation
- desimal decimal
- desisyon decision
- deskarga discharge; unload
- deskaril derailment; thwarting of plans
- deskarte ways or methods to achieve a goal
- deskripsiyon description
- deskuwento discount
- despalko swindle; embezzle
- despatsa dispatch; dismiss; fire
- despedida farewell party
- desperada desperate woman
- desperado desperate man
- despuwes therefore; afterwards
- destinasyon destination
- destruksiyon destruction
- determinasyon determination
- DH domestic helpers
- dibdib chest; breast
- dibersiyon diversion
- diborsiyada divorced woman
- diborsiyado divorced man
- dibuho drawing; painting
- digan act of expressing love; courting
- digma battle; war
- dignidad dignity
- diin heavy pressure; accent; emphasis
- diit slight touch of one thing against another
- dikdik mince; pulverize
- dikit beauty; loveliness
- dikit stick; adhere; start of fire
- diksiyonaryo dictionary
- dikta dictate
- dikya jellyfish
- dila tongue
- dilag gorgeousness; splendor; beautiful woman
- dilat act of opening the eyes
- dilát awake; wide-eyed
- dilaw yellow
- dildil to repeatedly press or force on
- dilig water (plants)
- dilihensiya ability to obtain something in any manner
- dilihente diligent
- dilim darkness
- dilis long-jawed anchovy (fish)
- dimensiyon dimension
- dinamiko dynamic
- dinamita dynamite
- dingding wall of a house
- dinig hearing; audibility
- diona indigenous three-line wedding poem
- dipa armspan; fathom; to stretch arms at sides
- diperensiya difference; illness; disagreement
- diplomasya diplomacy
- dipterya diphtheria
- diputado deputy
- direksiyon direction
- direksyon direction
- direkta direct
- direktiba directive
- direktor director
- direktoryo directory
- diretso straight
- disenyo design
- disinuwebe nineteen
- disiotso eighteen
- disiplina discipline
- disisais sixteen
- disisiyete seventeen
- diskriminasyon discrimination
- diskurso discourse
- diskusyon discussion
- dispensa apology; excuse
- dispensaryo dispensary
- disposisyon disposition
- distansiya distance
- distribusyon distribution
- distrito district
- Disyembre December
- dito here
- diwa spirit; thought; essence
- diwata fairy; forest deity
- diyabetes diabetes
- diyablo devil
- diyagnosis diagnosis
- diyagonal diagonal
- diyakonisa deaconess
- diyakritiko diacritics
- diyalektika dialectics
- diyalekto dialect
- diyalogo dialogue
- diyamante diamond
- diyametro diameter
- diyan there (near the listener)
- diyaryo newspaper
- Diyaske! expression of irritation
- Diyata Is it true? Really!
- diyes ten
- diyeta diet
- Diyos God
- doble double
- dogmatiko dogmatic
- dogmatismo dogmatism
- doktor doctor
- doktorado doctorate
- doktrina doctrine
- dokumentaryo documentary
- dokumentasyon documentation
- dokumento document
- dominante dominant
- dominasyon domination
- doña aurora flowering shrub; medicinal plant
- donasyon donation
- donselyan virgin
- doon there (far from speaker and listener)
- dormitoryo dormitory
- dose twelve
- dosena dozen
- dote dowry; bride price
- dramatiko dramatic
- drayber driver
- duda doubt
- dugo blood
- dugong sea cow; aquatic mammal
- duhat Java plum (fruit)
- duke duke
- dukesa duchess
- dukha poor; destitute; indigent
- duklay drooping branch of a tree
- dukot kidnap; draw out from pocket
- dula play (drama)
- dulang low dining table
- dulas slipperiness
- duling cross-eyed
- dulo end; result; conclusion
- dulog appeal
- dulong fry of anchovies (fish)
- dumalaga young female chicken/carabao
- dumi dirt
- dumog swarm; simultaneous assault
- dung-aw indigenous eulogy song
- dungaw to look out the window
- dungis blemish; stain; dirt
- dungo shy; timid; bashful
- dunong intelligence; technical skill
- dupilas stumble; accidental slip
- duplikado duplicate
- duplo indigenous verbal joust
- duro prick; pierce; point at
- duróg crushed; high on drugs (slang)
- dúrog crush; pulverize
- durugista drug addict
- dusa suffering; pain
- dusta berate; insult; ridicule
- duwag coward; fainthearted
- duwende dwarf
- duweto duet
- duyan cradle; hammock; swing
- dyip jeepney
- dyipni jeepney