waste in Tagalog
basura
/ˈweɪ̯st/
waste in Tagalog: basura, sobra, labis, tae. In English, waste means excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
Tagalog words for waste
- useless by-products, garbage
- basura
- excrement or urine
- tae, dumi
- wasteland, desolate region
- desyerto, ulila
- action of wasting, ineffective use
- aksaya, sayang
- gradual loss or decay
- bulok
- barren
- baog, tigang, pagang
- excess
- sobra, labis, higit, masyado
- superfluous; needless
- sobra, labis
English meaning of waste
- noun Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
- noun Excrement or urine.
- noun A wasteland; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
- noun A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
waste in a sentence
- The cage was littered with animal waste.
- That was a waste of time!
- Her life seemed a waste.
Synonyms of waste
waste in other languages
Questions about waste in Tagalog
- What is the meaning of waste in Tagalog?
- Waste in Tagalog is basura, sobra, labis, tae.
- Ano ang waste sa Tagalog?
- Waste: basura, sobra, labis, tae.
- What does waste mean in English?
- Waste means excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: waste (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tagalog words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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