How to Use Tagalog in a Sentence

Tagalog

noun
  • One of her favorite moments in the show is a fleeting one that may not even register with most of the audience, when Imelda swears at her cheating husband in Tagalog.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 2023-07-25
  • Community groups have led the charge in getting documents translated into Spanish and Tagalog.
    Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 2023-09-07
  • People yelled in Tagalog, English, Spanish and Armenian over the blaring sirens.
    Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 2025-01-25
  • There’s also Austronesian, comprising languages that include Malay, Javanese, and Tagalog.
    Martha Barnette august 6, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Online videos of the drag artist belting out the Tagalog version of The Lord’s Prayer alongside revellers in a bar sparked a significant backlash from religious organizations.
    Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 2023-10-06

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