Meaning of "truth"

truth •

n.
• • that which is true: katotohanan, ang totoo

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distort

v.
• • 1. to pull or twist out of shape: pilipitin ang porma (ayos)
  • 2. to change from the truth: pumilipit, pilipitin, bumaligtad, baligtarin
  • 3. to make ugly: magpapangit, papangitin, magpasama, pasamain

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

trust

n.
• • 1. faith, firm belief in someones honesty, truth, justice, or power: tiwala, pagtitiwala, pananalig
  • 2. business credit: utang, pautang
  • 3. person or thing believed in: pag-asa

v.
• • 1. to believe firmly in the honesty, justice, or power of another: magtiwala, pagtiwalaan, manalig, panaligan
  • 2. to give business credit to: magpautang, pautangin
  • 3. to rely on, depend on: umasa, asahan
  • 4. to hope: umasa, asahan
  • 5. to commit to the care of: maghabilin, ihabilin, magkatiwala, ipagkatiwala

flatter

v.
• • 1. to praise beyond the truth: purihin (nang labis-labis)
  • 2. to flatter with the intention of obtaining a favor: maglangis, mambola, bolahin

truthful

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

naked

adj.
• • 1. with no clothes on, completely naked: hubot hubad
  • 2. bare from waist up: hubad
  • 3. bare from waist down: hubo
  • 4. not covered: walang takip, walang balot, tiwangwang, nakatiwangwang
  • 5. the naked truth, the plain truth without ornament: talagang (payak na) katotohanan, hubad na katotohanan

research

n.
• • a careful hunting for facts or truth, inquiry, investigation: pagsaliksik, pananaliksik

v.
• • to make a research: manaliksik, magsuri, magsiyasat

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

katotohanan

n.
• • truth (from totoo)

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.

lahad

v.
• • ilahad (i-) to present. Ilahad mo ang katotohanan. Present the truth.