tagalo
Portuguese, noun/taˈɡa.lu/
tagalo is spelled T-A-G-A-L-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese, the 125,896th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tagalo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Tagalog (language spoken in the Philippines)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dialeto das Filipinas”.
What does tagalo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineTagalog (language spoken in the Philippines)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo às Filipinas 2. nascido nas Filipinas
noun: 1. dialeto das Filipinas 2. indivíduo natural das Filipinas
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tagalo
- tagalog alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tagalo?
- Brazil /taˈɡa.lu/
- Portugal /tɐˈɡa.lu/
- Portugal [tɐˈɣa.lu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tagalo in Portuguese?
tagalo appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).