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Tagalog

American  
[tah-gah-lawg, tuh-] / tɑˈgɑ lɔg, tə- /

noun

Tagalogs, plural Tagalog plural
  1. a member of a Malayan people native to Luzon, in the Philippines.

  2. the principal language of the Philippines, an Indonesian language of the Austronesian family.


Tagalog British  
/ təˈɡɑːlɒɡ /

noun

  1. a member of a people of the Philippines, living chiefly in the region around Manila

  2. the language of this people, belonging to the Malayo-Polynesian family: the official language of the Philippines

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of or relating to this people or their language

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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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