Meaning of "tapat"

tapat •

n.
• • 1. tapat, the place in front, that which is across adv. in front of

v.
• • tumapat (-um-) to stand in front of. Tumapat si Pedro sa akin. Pedro stood in front of me. magtapat, itapat (mag-: i-)

v.
• • to put directly in front. Itapat mo ang mesa ko kay Alma. Put my table in front of Alma.
  • 2. tapat, matapat (ma-)

adj.
• • honest, truthful, sincere, loyal

v.
• • magtapat (mag-) to tell the truth, to be frank, sincere, honest. Magtapat ka sa akin. Tell me the truth.

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direct

v.
• • 1. to manage or control: mamahala, pamahalaan, mamatnugot, patnugutan, mangasiwa, pangasiwaan
  • 2. to order or command: mag-utos, utusan, pag-utusan, magmando, manduhan, pagmanduhan
  • 3. to point or show the way: magturo, ituro
  • 4. to guide: mag-akay, umakay, akayin, pumatnubay, patnubayan

adj.
• • 1. straight: tuluy-tuloy, tuwiran, diretso
  • 2. frank, truthful: tapat, matapat
  • 3. clear, plain: maliwanag
  • 4. to the point: tuwiran, tiyak, diretso

genuine

adj.
• • 1. real, true: tunay, totoo
  • 2. pure: dalisay
  • 3. frank, sincere: tapat, matapat, taos, mataos

dishonest

adj.
• • 1. not honest, not sincere: hindi tapat
  • 2. untrustworthy: hindi mapagkakatiwalaan
  • 3. dishonest in business transactions: manloloko, magdaraya,

v.
• • 1. to be dishonest means to lie: magsinungaling, magbulaan
  • 2. to cheat: magdaya, mandaya, dayain, manlinlang, linlangin

opposite

adj.
• • 1. face to face: katapat, magkatapat, nasa tapat, kaharap, magkaharap, nasa harap, kabila, nasa kabila
  • 2. just contrary: kasalungat, magkasalungat, kabaliktaran
  • 3. antagonistic: kalaban
  • 4. placed or located just on the other side, e.g. of a street, river, etc.: sa ibayo

n.
• • the reverse: kabaligtaran

true

adj.
• • 1. agreeing with fact, not false: totoo, tunay
  • 2. real, genuine: tunay, talaga, berdadero
  • 3. faithful, loyal: tapat, matapat
  • 4. agreeing with a standard, correct, exact: tunay, tama
  • 5. rightful, lawful: tunay, legal, may karapatan
  • 6. to be true or become true means to agree with the facts: maging totoo (tunay), magkatotoo
  • 7. to be faithful or loyal: maging tapat (matapat)

faithful

adj.
• • 1. loyal, worthy of trust: tapat, matapat
  • 2. true to fact, accurate: tumpak, tama, wasto, totoo

n.
• • the faithful, true believers: ang mga tunay na mananampalataya (sumasampalataya)

disloyal

adj.
• • 1. faithless, not loyal: di tapat
  • 2. traitorous: taksil, traydor

loyal

adj.
• • true and faithful to love, promise, or duty: tapat, matapat, tapat na loob

heart

n.
• • 1. the part of the body that pumps the blood: puso
  • 2. compassion, mercy: awa, pagkaawa, habag, pagkahabag adv. with all ones heart, sincerely: nang buong puso, nang buong katapatan, nang tapat sa loob, nang taos-puso

truthful

adj.
• • telling the truth: tapat, matapat, nagtatapat, mapagtapat

treacherous

adj.
• • 1. not to be trusted, not faithful: taksil, lilo, sukab, hindi tapat, traidor
  • 2. deceiving, not reliable, having a false appearance of strength, security, etc.: mandaraya madaya, mapandaya, manlilinlang, mapanlinlang

honest

adj.
• • 1. fair and upright, just: tapat, matapat
  • 2. not lying or cheating: di-manloloko, di-madaya
  • 3. genuine: tunay

open

adj.
• • 1. not shut or closed: bukas, nakabukas
  • 2. not covered: walang takip
  • 3. not hidden or secret: di-lihim, hayag, hayagan, lantad, lantaran
  • 4. unfolded, spread out: buka, bukad, bukadkad (for flowers); buka (for legs, wounds, etc.); nakanganga (also for wounds or mouth)
  • 5. ready to receive or accept: handang tumanggap
  • 6. that may be entered, shared, etc. by all: bukas sa lahat, masasalihan ng lahat
  • 7. frank and sincere: tapat, matapat
  • 8. undecided: hindi pa napagpapasiyahan
  • 9. accessible, available: magagawa o magagamit
  • 10. open to all to see, not obstructed: lantad, tanyag

v.
• • 1. to make open: magbukas, buksan, ibukas
  • 2. to become open: bumukas, mabuksan
  • 3. to blossom: bumuka, bumukad, bumukadkad
  • 4. to open the mouth: ngumanga, inganga, buksan ang bibig
  • 5. to open the eyes: magmulat, mamulat, imulat
  • 6. to open with force: tumingkab, tingkabin
  • 7. to come apart or burst open: bumuka
  • 8. to begin: magsimula, pasimulan, simulan, magbukas, buksan
  • 9. to start or set up: magbukas, buksan
  • 10. to spread out or unfold: magbukas, buksan, magbuklat, buklatin
  • 11. to open fire, to begin shooting: magpaputok, paputukin, paputukan, mamaril, barilin
  • 12. to keep open house, to offer food and shelter to all visitors or to all ones friends: magbukas ng pinto sa lahat, buksan ang pinto sa lahat
  • 13. to open a persons eyes, to make one see what is really going on: magbukas ng mata, buksan ang mata
  • 14. the open, the open air, outdoors, open country, clear space: labas

constant

adj.
• • 1. always the same, not changing: hindi nagbabago, palagian
  • 2. continually happening: patuloy, paulit-ulit, walang tigil, panay
  • 3. faithful: tapat, matapat
  • 4. steady in purpose, resolute: matatag, matibay, matimtiman
  • 5. persevering: matiyaga

sincere

adj.
• • free from pretense or deceit, genuine, real, honest: matapat, tapat, tunay, dalisay, nagtototoo, taos-puso, mataos

straight

adj.
• • 1. without bend or curve: tuwid, matuwid
  • 2. frank, honest upright: matwid, matuwid, tapat, matapat, tumpak, prangko-a adv. 1. directly: diretso, tuwiran, tuluy-tuloy
  • 2. frankly, honestly: matapat, tapatan
  • 3. in the proper condition or order: nang maayos

upright

adv.
• • in an erect manner: nang matuwid (tuwid), nang patayo (patindig)

adj.
• • 1. standing up straight, erect: patayo, nakatayo, patindig, nakatindig, tuwid
  • 2. good: mabuti
  • 3. honest: tapat, matapat
  • 4. just: makatarungan, matwid, maibigin sa katwiran

n.
• • something standing erect, a vertical piece of wood: poste, haliging nakatayo, tukod

confidence

n.
• • 1. trust: kompiyansa, tiwala, pagtitiwala
  • 2. courage: tapang, katapangan, lakas ng loob
  • 3. firm belief: matibay na paniniwala, tapat na pananalig
  • 4. self-reliance: pagtitiwala sa sarili
  • 5. secret: lihim

midday

n.
• • noon: tanghali, katanghalian, tanghaling-tapat

unfaithful

adj.
• • 1. not faithful, not true to ones duty or promises, faithless: taksil, hindi tapat, lilo, alibugha
  • 2. not accurate, not exact: hindi tumpak, hindi tama, hindi eksakto, may mali, masama

frank

adj.
• • 1. free to express ones real thoughts and feelings, open, not hiding ones mind: tapat, matapat, prangko/a
  • 2. not afraid to say what one thinks: tahas, tahasan, deretso

plain

adj.
• • 1. clear, easy to understand, easily seen or heard: maliwanag, malinaw
  • 2. without ornament: simple, payak
  • 3. all of one color: liso, linso
  • 4. not rich: karaniwan, simple, di marangya
  • 5. common, ordinary, simple in manner: pangkaraniwan, simple
  • 6. not pretty: karaniwan (pangkaraniwan) ang ganda, hindi maganda
  • 7. frank, honest, sincere: tapat, matapat
  • 8. flat, level: pantay, patag
  • 9. smooth: makinis

n.
• • a flat stretch of land: kapatagan plain-clothes man a detective: detektib, sekreta, tiktik

front

n.
• • 1. the forepart: unahan
  • 2. the part that faces forward: harap, harapan
  • 3. the space in front: harapan, tapat
  • 4. place where fighting is going on: larangan, labanan

adj.
• • facing in front: nakaharap, nakatapat

support

v.
• • 1. to hold up,to keep from falling: magtukod, tukuran, mag-alalay, umalalay, alalayan
  • 2. to prop: magsuhay, suhayan
  • 3. to keep up, to help, to give strength or courage to: magtaguyod, itaguyod, tumulong, tulungan
  • 4. to provide for: magtustos, tustusan, magsustento, sustentuhan
  • 5. to be in favor of, to back up, to second: kumatig, katigan, magtaguyod, itaguyod
  • 6. to help prove, to bear out: magpatunay, patunayan, magpatotoo, patotohanan

n.
• • 1. the act of supporting, condition of being supported, help, aid: tulong, pagtulong, taguyod, pagtataguyod, tustos, pagtustos, pagtutustos, sustento, pagsustento, pagsusustento
  • 2. a person or thing that supports: tagataguyod, tagakatig, tagasustento, tagatustos
  • 3. a prop: tukod, suhay sure

adj.
• • 1. certain, free from doubt: tiyak, piho, pihado, sigurado
  • 2. safe, reliable: maaasahan, sigurado, tapat, mapagtitiwalaan
  • 3. firm: matatag adv. 1. surely, certainly (American colloquialism): sigurado, tiyak, nakatitiyak
  • 2. to be sure may sometimes mean certainly: tiyak, sigurado, pihado
  • 3. to make sure, to be certain: tumiyak, tiyakin, magsiguro, siguruhin, siguraduhin, pumiho, pihuhin

noon

n.
• • noon (English) 1. the middle of the day: tanghali, alas-dose ng tanghali
  • 2. high noon: katanghalian, tanghaling tapat

dem.
• • noon (Tagalog), of that, yonder ganoon (ga-) like that yonder, in that manner or way noon adv. then, at that time

hinto

v.
• • huminto' (-um-) to stop, to come to a halt. Huminto ang kotse sa tapat ng bahay. The car stopped in front of the house. maghinto', ihinto' (mag-:i-)

v.
• • to stop something