Tagalog
Americannoun
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a member of a Malayan people native to Luzon, in the Philippines.
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the principal language of the Philippines, an Indonesian language of the Austronesian family.
noun
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a member of a people of the Philippines, living chiefly in the region around Manila
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the language of this people, belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian family: the official language of the Philippines
adjective
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Written in her native Tagalog, it allows her to "carry parts of my culture with me on court".
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Step off the 7 train, and languages quickly shift from Nepali and Bengali to Spanish and Tagalog as you walk between blocks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
The exercise, whose name translates as “shoulder-to-shoulder” from the local Tagalog language, has also become the prime testing ground for expanded cooperation between America’s allies in the Pacific.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
"Ate Bianca, Jiggly, I hope you know that you are loved," said the franchise's breakout star, Marina Summers, using a term of endearmeant in Tagalog.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2025
He yelled in a language I later found out was Tagalog, and the older woman rushed into the hallway.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
Like the remainder of his fellow Tagalogs, Aguinaldo demonstrates a different character in connection with each event which takes place in his life.
From The Katipunan or The Rise and Fall of the Filipino Commune by St. Clair, Francis
Narrated by José Hilario of Batangas, who says that the tale is common among the Tagalogs, especially among the people living in the city of Batangas.
From Filipino Popular Tales by Fansler, Dean Spruill
“All of the Tagalogs who can procure them, carry these ‘anting-anting.’
From Anting-Anting Stories And other Strange Tales of the Filipinos by Kayme, Sargent
She said that the Tagalogs called the dacolds "Christinas" after the mother of the Queen-mother.
From A Woman's Impression of the Philippines by Fee, Mary Helen
Among the Tagalogs, Bicols, and Visayans, the word is not used to designate a night-appearing demon or monster.
From Filipino Popular Tales by Fansler, Dean Spruill
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