Meaning of "tell"

tell •

v.
• • 1. to put in words, say: magsabi, sabihin
  • 2. to inform, tell to: magpatalastas, ipatalastas, pagpatalastasan, magpabatid, ipabatid, sabihin, sabihan
  • 3. to make known: magbigay-alam, ipagbigayalam, ipaalam
  • 4. to know, inform: malaman, mabatid
  • 5. to order, command: mag-utos, iutos, utusan, mag-atas, iatas, atasan
  • 6. to count, count one by one: magbilang, bumilang, bilangin
  • 7. to tell a lie: magsinungaling, magsinungaling, pagsinungalingan, magbulaan, pagbulaanan
  • 8. to tell the truth: magtapat, ipagtapat, pagtapatan, sabihin ang katotohanan
  • 9. to tell a story: magkuwento, ikuwento, magbida, ibida
  • 10. to tell on somebody: magsumbong, ipagsumbong, isumbong

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story

n.
• • 1. an account of some happening or group of happenings: kuwento [kwento], salaysay, pagsasalaysay, istorya, bida
  • 2. such an account, either true or madeup, intended to interest the reader or hearer: salaysay, kuwento [kwento], katha, istorya
  • 3. a falsehood: kasinungalingan, katakata, kabulaanan
  • 4. the set of rooms on the same level or floor of a building: palapag, piso
  • 5. to tell a story, to give an account of some happening: magkuwento, ikuwento, kuwentuhan, magsalaysay, isalaysay, salaysayan, magbida, ibida

order

n.
• • an order, a serving (of food) [var. orden]

v.
• • 1. to tell what to do, to command, to give an order: mag-utos, utusan, iutos, mag-atas, atasan, iatas, mag-orden, ordenan, iorden
  • 2. to put in order, to arrange: magayos, ayusin, isaayos, maghusay husayin
  • 3. to give (a store, etc.) an order for: pumedido, magpabilin, pabilin
  • 4. to decide: magpasiya, pasiyahan, ipasiya, gustuhin
  • 5. to place an order: mag-order, umorder, orderin

n.
• • 1. the way one thing follows another: pagkakasunud-sunod
  • 2. a condition in which every part or piece is in its right place: ayos, kaayusan, pagkakaayos
  • 3. condition, state: kaayusan, kalagayan
  • 4. state or condition of things in which the law is obeyed and there is no trouble: katiwasayan, katahimikan
  • 5. a command, telling what to do: utos, kautusan, orden, atas
  • 6. a paper saying that money is to be given or paid: hiropostal, money order
  • 7. a statement or list of things telling a store or tradesman what you wish sent: pedido, order
  • 8. in biology, a group in the classifying of plants and animals: grupo, angkan
  • 9. social rank, grade, or class: uri, klase
  • 10. rule, regulation: patakaran, tuntunin, alituntunin
  • 11. a brotherhood of monks, friars, or knights: orden
  • 12. by order: sa utos
  • 13. call to order, ask to be quiet and start work: magpatahimik, patahimikin (upang magsimula)
  • 14. in order, in the right arrangement: nasa ayos, maayos
  • 15. in order that, in order to, so that, with the aim that, for the purpose of: upang, sa hangaring, sa layuning
  • 16. made to order: pasadya, ipinasadya
  • 17. to order about or around, to send here and there, to tell to do this and that: utus-utusan, sugu-suguin
  • 18. order of the day, the way things are, the way people are doing things, the style: kalakaran, moda, uso, takbo
  • 19. out of order means (a) not working right: sira, may sira, may diperensiya (b) against the rules (of a meeting): labag sa tuntunin (c) in the wrong arrangement or condition: wala sa ayos, magulo

tattle

v.
• • 1. to tell tales or secrets: magdadaldal, dumaldal, idaldal
  • 2. to gossip: magtsismis, itsismis, sumitsit, isitsit

n.
• • 1. idle or foolish talk, gossip: tsismis, daldal, sitsit
  • 2. childish talk: salitang-bata

predict

v.
• • to tell beforehand, to make a prophecy: humula, mahulaan, manghula, hulaan

inform

v.
• • 1. to supply with knowledge: ipaalam, magpabatid, pabatiran, ipabatid
  • 2. to tell: magsabi, sabihin
  • 3. to give notice of: magpatalastas, ipatalastas, magpabatid
  • 4. to acquaint with a fact: magbigay-alam, ipagbigay-alam

sum

n.
• • 1. the total of two or more numbers or things taken together, the whole: suma, kabuuan, total
  • 2. amount of money: halaga
  • 3. to sum up, to express or tell briefly: magbuo, buuin, sabihin (ipahayag) sa ilang pananalita (kataga)

relate

v.
• • 1. to tell, to give account of: magsalaysay, isalaysay, magkuwento, ikuwento
  • 2. to be connected in any way: makaugnay, magkaugnay, maukol, matungkol, may kinalaman, may kaugnayan
  • 3. to be related, sometimes means to belong to the same family: magkamag-anak, kamag-anak

lie

n.
• • something said that is not true: kasinungalingan, kabulaanan

v.
• • 1. to speak falsely, tell a lie: magsinungaling, magbulaan
  • 2. to have ones body in a flat position along the ground or other surface: humiga, mahiga
  • 3. to lie on ones back: tumihaya
  • 4. to lie on ones back carelessly or with abandon: humilata
  • 5. to lie on ones stomach, to lie face down: dumapa
  • 6. to lie prostrate or prone: humandusay, mapahandusay

noise

n.
• • 1. a sound that is not pleasant or musical: ingay
  • 2. clamor: linggal, kaingayan, pagkakaingay

v.
• • 1. to tell, spread the news: magbalita, mabalita, ibalita, ipamalita
  • 2. to make a noise: mag-ingay, umingay, paingayin

praise

n.
• • 1. saying that a thing or person is good: puri, pagpuri, pagpupuri
  • 2. words which tell the good worth or value of a thing or person: papuri

v.
• • 1. to speak well of, to compliment: pumuri, papurihan, purihin
  • 2. to worship God in words or song: magpuri, purihin

witness

n.
• • 1. a person or thing able to give evidence, a person who saw something happen: saksi, testigo
  • 2. a person who takes an oath to tell the truth in a court of law: testigo
  • 3. a person writing his name on a document to show that he saw it signed: saksi, testigo
  • 4. evidence: katibayan, patunay, katunayan

v.
• • 1. to see, to be able to see: sumaksi, masaksihan, saksihan, makita
  • 2. to bear witness, give evidence of: magpatunay, patunayan, magpatibay, patibayan
  • 3. to sign (a document) as witness: sumaksi, saksihan, tumestigo, testiguhan

narrate

v.
• • 1. to tell the story of: magkuwento, ikuwento, magbida, magbida, ibida
  • 2. to relate: magsalaysay, isalaysay, magsaysay, isaysay

sumbong

v.
• • magsumbong, isumbong (mag-:i-) to accuse, to tell, to complain about. Nagsumbong ang bata sa kanyang ina. The child turned tattle tale to his mother. Isumbong mo sa kanyang ama ang mga kalukohan niya. Tell his father what nonsense he has done.

bida

v.
• • magbida, ibida (mag-:i-) to tell or relate a story or happening. Ibida mo naman sa amin ang biyahe mo. Tell us about your trip.

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.

hula

v.
• • manghula', hulaan (mang:-an) to predict, to guess, to tell one's fortune. Nanghuhula siya sa baraha. He tells fortunes from the cards.

kuwento

n.
• • [kwento], story, narration, short story [syn. istorya] magkuwento, ikuwento (mag:i-)

v.
• • to tell or relate a story. Ikuwento mo ang nangyari. Tell what happened.

salaysay

n.
• • narration, story magsalaysay, isalaysay (mag-:i-)

v.
• • to narrate, to relate, to tell a story. Isalaysay mo ang nangyari. Narrate what happened.

sinungaling

adj.
• • dishonest, liar

v.
• • magsinungaling (mag-) to tell a lie or a falsehood. Nagsinungaling siya sa akin. He lied to me.

sabi

v.
• • magsabi, sabihin (mag-:-in) to say, to ask permission, to tell, to relate. Magsabi ka sa nanay at nang hindi tayo pagalitan. Tell mother (ask mother's permission) so we won't be scolded.

balita

n.
• • news

adj.
• • well-known, famous, talked about magbalita', ibalita' (mag-:i-)

v.
• • to tell, to report, to relay the news. Ibalita mo naman sa amin ang nangyari. Let us know what happened.