kusina
/kuˈsinaʔ/
The English word 'kitchen' can be translated into Tagalog using kusina. Wiktionary also lists lutuan and silid-lutuan.
Meaning: room (noun)
Ways to say it
| Tagalog | IPA |
|---|---|
| kusina | /kuˈsinaʔ/ (Standard Tagalog) /kuˈsina/ (Standard Tagalog) |
| lutuan | |
| silid-lutuan |
The word 'kitchen' refers to the room used for food preparation.
What does it mean word for word?
The formal term silid-lutuan is a compound word where silid means room and lutuan means cooking place.
Which one should you use?
While kusina is the direct loanword for the kitchen room, lutuan specifically refers to the area or apparatus used for cooking.
Is there a formal and an informal way to say it?
silid-lutuan is a more formal or descriptive way to refer to a kitchen room.
How do you pronounce it?
/kuˈsinaʔ/
Did you know?
- The phrase 'dirty kitchen' is so common in the Philippines that it is used even in luxury mansions to describe the heavy-duty cooking area.
- The word kusina traces its ancestry back to the Proto-Indo-European root *pekʷ-, which meant 'to cook' or 'to ripen'.
- In many traditional Filipino homes, the 'kitchen' area is often a separate structure or an outdoor area rather than a room inside the main house.
Examples in context
- Naghintay siya sa kusina.He waited in the kitchen.This sentence is useful for showing how to use kusina to indicate a location where someone waited.Tatoeba #13651678 by kangkong, translation #12905256 by Conjuice
- Si Tom ay kumain sa kusina.Tom eats in the kitchen.This sentence is useful for showing how to use kusina to describe where someone eats.Tatoeba #9295877 by ConstanzeTen, translation #9188134 by CK
- Nilalanggam ang kusina natin.We have ants in the kitchen.This sentence is useful for showing how to use kusina when describing a condition of the room.Tatoeba #11646937 by qwertzu, translation #6841626 by CK
- Ang mga kagamitan sa kusina ay dapat laging malinis.The kitchen utensils should always be clean.
- Sa kusina, masarap ang amoy ng niluluto ni Nanay.In the kitchen, the smell of what Mom is cooking is delicious.
- 43 more sentences on Tatoeba
Example conversation
Ricardo is looking for Christina in the house.
- RicardoChristina, nasaan ka na?Christina, where are you?
- ChristinaNandito ako sa kusina.I am here in the kitchen.
- RicardoAno ang ginagawa mo riyan?What are you doing there?
- ChristinaNaglilinis lang ako ng kusina.I am just cleaning the kitchen.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “kitchen” translations and entries kusina, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries kusina, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
