ENGLISH - TAGALOG CONSTRUCTION

TERMS
English / vernacular
Aligned / kalinya
Alternate or staggered / uno sinotra
Anchor / liyabe
Astragal / batidura
Balusters / baluster, barandilla
Beam / biga
Banisters / barandillas
Barrel bolt / trankilya
Baseboard / rodapis
Bath tub / baniera
Bolt / pierno
Bottom chord / tirante barakilan
Brace / pie de gallo
Brick / la drillo
Canopy / media agua
Cabinet hinge / espolon
Carpentry / karpinteria
Cast iron / pundido
Ceiling / kisame
Ceiling joists / kostil yahe
Cement brick / la drilyo
Cement tiles / balidosa
Chain bolt / baral de kadena
Collar / sinturon
Column / kolumna , haligue
Concrete slab / larga masa
Contactor / kontrtista
Corrugated G.I. sheets / yero canalado galbanisado
Closed stringer / escalera
Crushed stone / eskombro
Diagonal brace / sinturon
Door head / sombrero pintuan
Door jamb / hamba pintuan
Down spout / tubo de banado**
Drawbore pinor / punsol
Draw pin / punsol
Earth fill / escumbro
Eave / alero
Electrician / electrisista
Exterior siding / tabike
Faucet / gripo
Fascia board / senepa
Feet / piye
Fill / tambak
Flooring / suelo
Filler / tapal , dagdag
Floor joists / soleras
Fillet / batidura
Floor sill / guililan
Flush / alahado
Foundation / pundasyon
Foreman / kapatas , maestro de obra
Framework / balangkas
Gable roof / dos aguas
Girts , girders / sepo
Gravel / graba
Groove / canal
Grooved / kanalado
Gutter / alulod , canal
Handrail / gabay
Hinge / bisagra
Hip roof / kuatro aguas
Horizontal stud / trabe-anzo
Inch / pulgada
King post / pendulum
Laborer / piyon
Landing / mesa pahingan
Lavatory / lababo
Laying of chb or adobe stone / asinta
Lean to roof / sibe
Level / lebel
Machine bolt / pierno pasante
Mason / kantero
Masonry / kanteria
Mitro / canto mesa
Mix of cement n gravel / lastilyas
Mortar / paupo
Mortar joints / kostura
Moulding / moldura
Nailers / pamakuan
Nails / pako
Newel post / tukod
Nut / tuerka
Nicolite bar / estanyo
Oakum / estopa
Open stringer / hardinera
Overhang or projector / bolada
Panel / bandeha
Paneled door / de bandeha
Pattern / plantilya
Pea gravel / grabita
Pendulum (king post) / pendulon
Pick work / piketa
Diglead / tingga , estopa
Plain G.I. sheet / yero liso galbanisado
Plain G.I. strap / lingueta
Plank board / senepa
Plaster / palitada
Plug / tapon
Plum bob / hulog
Plumbing / tuberia
Plumb line / hulog
Post / poste , haligue
Projection / bolada
Purlin / reostra
Putty / masilya
Quarter round / media cana **
Rabbet / vaciada
Rafters / kilo
Reinforcing bar / cabilla bakal
Ridge roll / caballete
Riser / senepa, takip , silipan
Rivets / rimatse
Roof / atip , bubong
Scaffolding / andamiyo
Scratch coat / rebokada
Screw / turnilyo
Sheet / plantsa
Shower / putsha
Sidings / tabike
Sink / prigadero
Sketch plan / krokis
Slab (rough) / larga masa
Slope / bahada
Soler bar / estaniyo
Spacing / biento

Split knob / poleya

Stairs / hagdanan
Stake / staka
Stringer / madre , madrina
Stucco / palitada
Thread / roskas
Tinsmith / latero
Tinsmit / lateria
Top chord / kilo , tahilan
Transom / espeho
Tread / baiting, perdano***
Trelise / pergola
Truss / kilo
Varnished / varnisado
Vertical stud / pilarete
Wainscoating tiles / asolehos
Washer / pitsa , tsapa
Water closet / inidora
Window grill / rehas
Window head / sombrero bintana
Window jamb / hamba “
Window sill / pasamando
Wood grain / haspe
Wood plank / tabla
Wrought iron strap / plantsuela
A
ADOBE ANCHOR –----------------------- liyabe
ALIGNMENT ------------------------------- asintada

B
BEAM –--------------------------------------- biga
BOLT –--------------------------------------- pierno
BOTTOM CHORD –---------------------- barakilan

C
CEILING JOIST –------------------------- kostilyahe
CEMENT BRICK –----------------------- ladrilyo
CEMENT TILES –------------------------ baldosa
CLOSED STRINGER –------------------madre de eskalera
COLAR PLATE --------------------------- sinturon
CONCRETE SLAB –--------------------- larga masa
CONDUCTOR –--------------------------- alulod

D
DOOR FILLET –----------------------------batidora

E
EARTHFILL -------------------------------- eskumbro, escombro
EAVE –---------------------------------------- sibe
EXTERNAL SIDING –------------------- tabike

F
FASCIA BOARD –------------------------- senepa
FLOORING –-------------------------------- sahig/suwelo
FLOOR JOIST ----------------------------- soleras
FRAMEWORK –---------------------------- balangkas

G
GIRDER ------------------------------------- gililan
GIRT ----------------------------------------- sepo
GROOVE –----------------------------------- kanal
GUTTER --------------------------------–--- kanal

H
HANDRAIL –------------------------------- gabay
HINGE -------------------------------–----- bisagra
HORIZONTAL STUD –----------------- pabalagbag

M
MASONRY FILL –----------------------- lastilyas
MITER JOINT ---------------------------- canto mesa
MOLDING –------------------------------- muldora

O
OPEN STRINGER --------------------- hardinera

P
PANELED DOOR –--------------------- de bandeha
PATTERN or SCHEDULE -----------plantilya
PLASTERED COURSE –------------ kusturada
PLUMB LINE -----------------------------hulog
POST --------------------------------------- halige / poste
PROJECTION –------------------------- bolada
PURLINS -------------------------------- reostra

RISER –-------------------------------------takip silipan

RIVET--------------------------------------- rimatse

S
SCAFFOLDING –---------------------- plantsa
SCRATCH COAT ---------------------rebokada
SOLDER –--------------------------------hinang
SOLDERING LEAD –-----------------estanyo
SPACING or GAP –------------------- biyento
SPLIT KNOB ----------------------------poleya
STAKE –---------------------------------- staka
STUCCO or PLASTER -------------palitada

T
TOP CHORD –----------------------------- tahilan
TREAD –------------------------------------- baytang
TRUSS or RAFTER –--------------------- kilo

V
VARNISH FINISH –---------------------- monyeka
VERTICAL STUD –------------------------pilarete

W
WINDOW HEAD -----------------------– sombrero
WINDOW OR DOOR JAMB –-------- hamba
WINDOW SILL –------------------------- pasamano
WOOD GRAIN –-------------------------- haspe
WROUGHT IRON STRAP –---------- plantsuwela

ADOBE ANCHOR – LIYABE

ALIGNMENT – ASINTADA

BEAM – BIGA

BOLT – PIERNO

BOTTOM CHORD – BARAKILAN

CEILING JOIST – KOSTILYAHE

CEMENT BRICK – LADRILYO

CEMENT TILE – BALDOSA

COLLAR PLATE – SINTURON

CONCRETE SLAB(rough) - LARGA MASA

CONDUCTOR/GUTTER – ALULOD

DIAGONAL BRACE - PIE DE GALLO

DOOR FILLET – BATIDORA

EARTHFILL – ESCOMBRO

EAVE - SIBEFASCIA BOARD – SENEPA

FLOORING - SAHIG, SUELO

FRAME WORK – BALANGKAS

GIRDER – GUILILAN

GIRT – SEPO

GOOD GRAIN – HASPE

GROOVE – KANAL

GUTTER – KANAL

HANDRAIL – GABAY

HINGE – BISAGRAJ

AMB – HAMBA

JOIST – SULERAS

MASONRY FILL – LASTILYAS

MOULDING – MULDURA

NAIL SETTER – PUNSOL

NICOLITE BAR – ESTANYO

PANELED DOOR - DE BANDEHA

PATTERN – PLANTILYA

PICKWORK – PIKETA

PLASTERED COURSE – KUSTURADA

PLUMB LINE – HULOG

POST - HALIGE, POSTE

PROJECTION – BOLADA

PURLIN – REOSTRA

RISER - TAKIP (SILIPAN)

SCAFFOLDING – PLANCHA

SCRATCH COAT – REBOCADA

SIDING (EXTERNAL) – TABIKE

SOLDER – HINANG

SPACING OF GAP – BIENTO

STAKE – ESTAKA

STRINGER (CLOSED) - MADRE (deescalera)

STRINGER (OPEN) – HARDINERA

STUCCO OR PLASTER – PALITADA

STUD (HORIZONTAL) – PABALAGBAG

STUD (VERTICAL) – PILARETE

TEMPER(METAL WORK) - SUBAN,SUBUHAL

TREAD – BAYTANG

VARNISH FINISH – MONYEKA

W. I. STRAP – PLANCHUELA

WINDOW HEAD – SUMBRERO

WINDOW SILL – PASAMANO

WIRING KNOB – POLEYA

Unosinotra, alternate/staggered
Liyabe, anchor

Batidura, astragal

Medya Agua, awning

Barandillas, baluster

Rodapis, baseboard

Tirante, bottom chord

Pie de Gallo, brace

Ladrillo, brick

Kostilyahe, ceiling joists

Sinturon, collar

Larga Masa, concrete slab

Escondro, crushed stone

Abang, dowel

Tubo de Banada, downspout

Escombro, earth fill

Alero, eaves

Tabike, exterior siding

Piye, feet

Batidura, fillet

Dotal, floorboards

Soleras, floor joists

Guililan, floor sill

Suelo, flooring

Alahado, flush

Kapatas, foreman

Balangkas, framework

Dos Aguas, gable roof

Kuling, girder

Sepo, girt

Canal, groove

Alulod o Kanal, gutter

Caida, hall

Bisagra, hinge

Pulgada, inches

Pendulum, king post

Piyon, laborer

Asinta, laying of CHB

Sibe, lean-to roof

Dulang, low table

Kantero, Mason

Kanto Mesa, miter

Paupo, mortar

Kostura, mortar joints

Estanyo, Nikolite bar

Truerka, nut

Estopa, oakum

De Bandeha, panel door

Lingueta, GI strap

Tapon, plug

Hulog, plumb bob

Bolado, projection

Reostra, purlins

Masilya, putty

Media Cana, quarter round

Vaciada, rabbet

Kabilya, reinforcing bars

Kaballete, ridge roll

Takip Silipan, riser

Rimatse, rivets

Lastillas, sand and gravel

Andanyo, scaffolding
Rebokada, scratch coat

Dutcha, shower

Prigadero, sink

Krokis, sketch plan

Estanyo, soldering bar

Biento, spacing

Staka, stake

Madre de Escalera, closed stringer

Trabe Anzo, horizontal stud

Pilarete, vertical stud

Latero, tinsmith

Baytang, tread

Pergola, trellis

Kilo, truss

Asolehos, wainscoting tiles

Bagad, wall post

Pitsa, washer

Pasamano, window sill

Poleya, wiring knob

Haspe, wood grain

Tabla, wood plank

Plantsuela, wrought iron strap

Palitada, plaster

Kalinya, aligned

Trankilya, barrel bolt

Biga, beam

Hiero, iron

Kisame, ceiling

Baral de Kadena, chain bolt

Poste, column

Kontratista, constructor
Kanto, corne

rDish rack, bangguerahan

Sumbrero Pintuan, door head

Hamba Pintuan, door jamb

Senepa, fascia board

Tambak, fill