tuyong-tuyo
bone dry
From root: tuyo
Usage Note
Tuyong-tuyo is an intensive form of dry, used when moisture is completely gone. Tuyong-tuyo ang mga halaman sa hardin means the plants in the garden are bone dry.
Examples
" Tuyong-tuyo na ang lupa. "
Natural Translation
The soil is bone dry.
Literal Translation
Bone-dry already the soil.
" Tuyong-tuyo na ang mga damit sa sampayan. "
Natural Translation
The clothes on the clothesline are bone dry.
Literal Translation
Bone-dry already the clothes on clothesline.
" Matapos ang mahabang tagtuyot, tuyong-tuyo na ang mga ilog at hindi na makapagtanim ang mga magsasaka. "
Natural Translation
After the long drought, the rivers were bone dry and the farmers could no longer plant.
Literal Translation
After the long drought, bone-dry already the rivers and not anymore can-plant the farmers.
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
tuyo has 6 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.
Seasons in the Philippines: A Tagalog Guide
The Philippines has two seasons, not four. Learn tag-araw, tag-ulan, and taglamig, the generative tag- prefix, and the weather vocabulary to match.
May vs Mayroon vs Meron: Have & There Is
May vs mayroon in Tagalog finally made simple: one rule decides which to use, plus how meron and wala fit the same have and there-is family.
Tagalog vs Filipino: What's the Difference & Which to Learn
Tagalog and Filipino aren't the same language — but they overlap almost completely. Here's the real difference and which one you should actually learn.
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.