kita
/kiˈta/
The Tagalog word for profit is kita.
The term kita is used to refer to total income, earnings or profit.
Meaning: total income or cash flow minus expenditures (noun)
Which one should you use?
While kita can mean profit, it is more broadly used to mean general income or earnings. If you want to specify the surplus or gain made from a transaction, tubo is a common synonym. For a more formal context, particularly regarding monetary gain from business or investments, tubò is the appropriate term.
How does it change in a sentence?
The verb kitain means to earn or to obtain profit. To refer specifically to the amount of profit that was actually realized or earned, you should use the form kinita.
How do you pronounce it?
/kiˈta/
Did you know?
- While kita covers general income, the word tubo is used for the specific surplus gain of a transaction. Interestingly, tubo is also the Tagalog word for 'pipe' and 'growth' in plants.
- The word kita is a homonym that can mean 'profit' or 'see'. Depending on the context, it could refer to the money earned from a business or the act of seeing someone.
- Depending on the pronunciation and accent, kita can also mean 'we' in an inclusive sense, referring to the speaker and the person being spoken to.
Examples in context
- Naghati-hati kami sa kita ng pantay-pantay.We divided the profit equally.This sentence shows how to describe dividing the kita among a group.Tatoeba #11460285 by qwertzu, translation #6260157 by CK
- Ang kumpanya ay kumita ng malaking tubò.The company made a significant profit.
- Kumita ako ng malaking pera.I made a big profit.
- Ang negosyo ko ay nagdudulot ng malaking tubò taun-taon.My business generates significant profit annually.
- Malaki ang kita ng bago nating negosyo.The profit of our new business is large.
- Kailangang bilangin ang lahat ng kita bago mag-audit.We need to count all the profit before auditing.
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Example conversation
Two business partners are discussing their monthly earnings in a cafe.
- MariaMagkano ang naging kita natin ngayong buwan?How much was our profit this month?
- MarkMaliit lang ang kita natin dahil sa dami ng gastos.Our profit is small because of many expenses.
- MariaDapat ay bawasan natin ang ating mga gastos.We should reduce our expenses.
- MarkTama ka, Maria.You are right, Maria.
Sources
- Pronunciation: Wiktionary entry kita, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
