Kapampangan Words

Machura | Matsura Here’s one of the nicest and most beautiful words in Kapampángan! MACHÚRA / MATSÚRA • (muh-CHOO-ruh)beautiful, good-lookingTagálog (Filipino): pángit Intensive FormKACHÚRA / KATSÚRA • (kuh-CHOO-ruh)so beautifulTagálog (Filipino): ang pángit, ampánget (colloquial) Example SentenceKatsúra mo! / Na kang katsúra! [Kap]Ang pángit mo! [Tag]You’re so beautiful! [Eng] If you’ve made it this far, HAPPY … Read more

Kuentu It was World Story telling Day last week! How do you say “story” in your language? KUÉNTU • (KWEHN-too)storyTagálog (Filipino): kuwénto EtymologyFrom Spanish cuento (“story”) Derived WordMAKUÉNTU • (muh-KWEHN-too)full of stories; talkativeTagálog (Filipino): makuwénto PÁMANGUÉNTU • (PAH-muh-NGWEHN-tu)storytellingTagálog (Filipino): pagkukuwénto Verb Conjugationmanguéntu, mánguéntu, ménguéntu – to tell a story (Actor Focus)magkuéntu, mágkuéntu, migkuéntu – to … Read more

Palaspas Today is Palm Sunday which signals the start of the Holy Week for Filipinos, wherein churchgoers raise their palaspas or palm leaves to be blessed by the priest with holy water and pin them on their doors or windows for a year. It is believed that the blessed palm leaves will take away negativity … Read more

Marsu It’s the last day of March! How do you say “March” in your language? MÁRSU • (MAHR-soo)MarchTagálog (Filipino): Márso EtymologyFrom Spanish marzo (“March”) You may want to read: Panaun

It’s International Color Day, so let’s take a look at the words for the basic colors in Kapampángan! Tell us what your favorite color is in the comments! Warm Colors Pink – (1) LARE (malaré), (2) DÍWÂ (maríwâ)[Tagalog: rósas] Red – LÚTÛ (malútû)[Tagalog: pulá] Orange – KULIÁWAN (magingkuliáwan)[Tagalog: kahél] Yellow – (1) PÁPAS (mapápas), (2) … Read more