Tagalog

noun

Ta·​ga·​log tə-ˈgä-ˌlȯg 

plural Tagalog or Tagalogs

1

: a member of a people of central Luzon

2

: an Austronesian language of the Tagalog people compare Filipino sense 3

Examples of Tagalog in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Borrowed from Tagalog, one of the primary languages of the Philippines, gigil is among 42 words that are untranslatable or have no direct English equivalents that have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) in March. —Peter Guo, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2025

Their last project came in 2024 with Tagalog album, Talaarawan. —Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2025

The program and application guide is available in Armenian, Chinese, English, Persian, Russian, Spanish and Tagalog. —Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2025

English, Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese and Arabic are among the most widely used. —Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 1 Mar. 2025

English, Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese and Arabic are among the most widely used. ProEnglish.org, an organization that advocates for English as a national language, says 32 states already have such a mandate in place. —Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 28 Feb. 2025

The city now provides materials in Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, Filipino/Tagalog, Japanese, Korean, Laotian and Vietnamese. —David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025

People yelled in Tagalog, English, Spanish and Armenian over the blaring sirens. —Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025

The son of the Cybertruck's owner said the DMV approved the vanity plates, and said that the wording on the plates was in Tagalog, not a joke about the October 7 attack. —Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Tagalog

First Known Use

1808, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for Tagalog

• analog
• analogue
• catalogue
• decalogue
• demagogue
• dialogue
• epilogue
• homologue
• monologue
• pedagogue
• synagogue
• travelogue

Kids Definition

Tagalog

noun

Ta·​ga·​log tə-ˈgäl-əg 

-ˌȯg

plural Tagalog or Tagalogs

1

: a member of a people of the Philippine island of Luzon

2

: the language of the Tagalog people