tagalo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tagalo, itself borrowed from Tagalog Tagalog.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /taˈɡa.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /taˈɡa.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /taˈɡa.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐˈɡa.lu/ [tɐˈɣa.lu]

• Rhymes: -alu
• Hyphenation: ta‧ga‧lo

Noun

tagalo m (uncountable)

1. Tagalog (language spoken in the Philippines)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog Tagalog.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈɡalo/ [t̪aˈɣ̞a.lo]
• Rhymes: -alo
• Syllabification: ta‧ga‧lo

Adjective

tagalo (feminine tagala, masculine plural tagalos, feminine plural tagalas)

1. Tagalog

Noun

tagalo m (plural tagalos, feminine tagala, feminine plural tagalas)

1. Tagalog (people)

Noun

tagalo m (uncountable)

1. Tagalog (language)

Further reading

• “tagalo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28