kapag

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• capag

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈpaɡ/ [kɐˈpaɡ]
• Rhymes: -aɡ
• Syllabification: ka‧pag

Etymology 1

Clipping of kapagka.

Conjunction

kapág (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜄ᜔)

1. if

   Synonyms: kapagka, pagka, pag, kung, sakali

   Kapag pupunta ka, sasama ako.

   If you will go, I will come with.

Preposition

kapág (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜄ᜔)

1. when; at (or as soon as) that time that; if

   Synonyms: kapagka, pagka, pag, kung, sakali

   Kapag gabi na, lumalabas ang mga bituin.

   When it's night already, the stars come out.

Derived terms

• kapagdaka
• pag
• pag-

 

Etymology 2

Noun

kapág (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜄ᜔) (obsolete)

1. stroking and struggling of hands and feet when drowning

   Synonym: kawag

2. flapping of a bird

   Synonym: kawag

Further reading

• “kapag”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018