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
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Tagle, who earned a doctorate in theology from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., is fluent in English and Italian in addition to his native Tagalog.
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Jorge L. Ortiz, USA Today, 6 May 2025
Called Balikatan, Tagalog for shoulder-to-shoulder, the combat drills have increasingly focused on the defense of Philippine sovereignty in the face of China's growing aggression in the South China Sea, which Beijing claims virtually in its entirety.
—CBS News, 5 May 2025
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
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Jorge L. Ortiz, USA Today, 6 May 2025
Called Balikatan, Tagalog for shoulder-to-shoulder, the combat drills have increasingly focused on the defense of Philippine sovereignty in the face of China's growing aggression in the South China Sea, which Beijing claims virtually in its entirety.
—CBS News, 5 May 2025
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
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“Tagalog.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Tagalog. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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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
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