Here’s another Filipino word as a part of my Filipino words project. Mangga. Mangga literally means mango. Yup, the fruit. Its scientific name is Mangifera indica.

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Time for another Filipino word, and since today is April Fools’ Day, let’s talk about gago.

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Time for another Filipino word. And this time, I’ll talk about umaga.

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This is the first Filipino word for the week in my Filipino words project: payo. So what is payo?

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At least once a week, I’ll try to discuss one Filipino word on this blog so as to help our non-Filipino friends understand our language. I’m proud to be a Filipino and proud of its language. I’m only blogging in English because my target readers are not only Filipinos but the whole world.

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