Meaning of "teacher"

teacher •

n.
• • a person who teaches, especially one who teaches in school: guro, maestro/a, titser, tagapagturo

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master

n.
• • 1. a person who rules or commands people or things: panginoon, amo
  • 2. a male teacher: maestro, gurong lalaki
  • 3. head: puno, pinuno
  • 4. head of a school, principal: punong-guro, prinsipal
  • 5. an expert: dalubhasa
  • 6. a captain: kapitan
  • 7. the owner: ang may-ari, propyetaryo
  • 8. director: patnugot, tagapamatnugot
  • 9. employer: amo, bos

v.
• • to master, to become skillful at: magpakadalubhasa, magsanay na mabuti, magpakasanay

professor

n.
• • 1. a teacher of the highest rank in a college or university: propesor
  • 2. a teacher: guro, maestro/a, mestro/a

tutor

n.
• • 1. private teacher: sariling tagapagturo, pribadong guro, tiyutor
  • 2. instructor at a college or university: guro, propesor, tiyutor

v.
• • to teach, instruct: magturo, turuan, ituro

payo

n.
• • advice, counsel

v.
• • magpayo (mag-) to give advice or counsel. Nagpayo ang guro sa bagong estudyante. The teacher counselled the new student.

taning

n.
• • a time limit

v.
• • magtaning, taningan (mag-:-an) to give a time limit. Ang guro ay nagtaning sa kanya na gawin ang kanyang proyekto hanggang sa isang linggo. The teacher gave him a time limit to do his project until next week.

punung-guro

n.
• • head teacher, principal

titser

n.
• • teacher [syn. guro', (mestro/mestra : masculine/feminine)]

guro

n.
• • teacher, tutor [syn. mestro/ mestra, titser]

tutol

n.
• • objection, protest

v.
• • tumutol (-um-) to object, to protest, to disagree. Tumutol ang guro sa balak ng mga estudyante. The teacher disagreed with the students' plan.

maestro

n.
• • teacher (maestro/maestra : masculine/feminine)