tagalo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Philippine *taga-

Tagalog taga-

Proto-Austronesian *-luR

Proto-Austronesian *qaluR

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaluR

Tagalog alog

Tagalog tagaalog?

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Tagalog taga-

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Proto-Austronesian *-luR

Proto-Austronesian *iluR

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *iluR

Proto-Philippine *íluR

Tagalog ilog

Tagalog tagailog?

Tagalog Tagal?

Tagalog Tagalogbor.

Spanish tagalobor.

Portuguese tagalo

Borrowed from Spanish tagalo, borrowed from Tagalog Tagalog.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /taˈɡa.lu/

 

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

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

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

Noun

tagalo m (uncountable)

1. Tagalog (language spoken in the Philippines)

Further reading

• “tagalo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “tagalo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Philippine *taga-

Tagalog taga-

Proto-Austronesian *-luR

Proto-Austronesian *qaluR

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaluR

Tagalog alog

Tagalog tagaalog?

▲

Tagalog taga-

▲

Proto-Austronesian *-luR

Proto-Austronesian *iluR

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *iluR

Proto-Philippine *íluR

Tagalog ilog

Tagalog tagailog?

Tagalog Tagal?

Tagalog Tagalogbor.

Spanish tagalo

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025