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subukan

Filipino / Tagalog language translation for the meaning of the word subukan in the Tagalog Dictionary.

Definition for the Tagalog word subukan:

subukan

[verb] to try (experience) something; to give something a try; to test something; to detect something; to spy /watch something

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Verb conjugations of subukan:

Focus:

Object Root: subokConjugation Type: -An

Infinitive:

Completed (Past):

Uncompleted (Present):

Contemplated (Future):

Infinitive:

Completed (Past):

Uncompleted (Present):

Contemplated (Future):

Verb family:

subukan

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masubukan |

sumubok |

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Subukan Example Sentences in Tagalog: (18)

Example sentences hand-crafted by professional Filipino teachers and writers.

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Subukan mo itó.

Try this.

Sinubukan kong magpakamatáy.

I tried to commit suicide. / I tried to kill myself.

Huwág mo akóng subukan!

Don't try me!

Subukan mo lang, walâ namáng mawawalâ sa iyó.

Just try, you have nothing to lose anyway.

Súsubukan ko lang.

I'll just try it / see how it goes.

Sinubukan mo bang tanungín si George?

Have you tried asking George?

Sinubukang magsaka ni Victor noóng mas batà siyá.

Victor tried to cultivate a piece of land when he was younger.

Subukan mong ilarawan ang nakita mong imahe.

Try to describe the image that you saw.

Lumipat silá sa probínsiyá para subukang magsaka.

They moved to the province to try their hand at farming.

Naáalala ni Dario ang páligsahang pampálakasan na sinubukan niyáng salihan noón.

Dario remembers the athletic competition he tried to participate in back then.

User-submitted Example Sentences (26):

User-submitted example sentences from Tatoeba who have self reported as being fluent in Tagalog.

Sinubukan mo.

Tatoeba user-submitted sentence

You tried.

Subukan natin!

Tatoeba user-submitted sentence

Let's try!

Sinubukan niya.

Tatoeba user-submitted sentence

She tried.

Sinusubukan ko.

Tatoeba user-submitted sentence

I try.

Subukan mo ulit.

Tatoeba user-submitted sentence

Try again.

Sinubukan namin.

Tatoeba user-submitted sentence

We tried.

Subukan natin to.

Tatoeba user-submitted sentence

Let's try something.

Sinubukan ni Tom.

Tatoeba user-submitted sentence

Tom tried.

Subukan mong hanapin.

Tatoeba user-submitted sentence

Try to find it.

Sinusubukan kong tandaan.

Tatoeba user-submitted sentence

I'm trying to remember.

Sinubukan niyang magpakamatay.

Tatoeba user-submitted sentence

She tried to commit suicide.

Bakit mo sinusubukang tumakbo?

Tatoeba user-submitted sentence

Why do you try to run away?

Sinubukan niyang magpakamatay.

Tatoeba user-submitted sentence

He tried to kill himself.

Makukuha mo kapag susubukan mo.

Tatoeba user-submitted sentence

You'll succeed if you try.

Sinusubukan ni Tomas ang sapatos.

Tatoeba user-submitted sentence

Tom is trying on shoes.

Sinusubukan nilang kontakin siya.

Tatoeba user-submitted sentence

They're attempting to contact her.

Bakit ayaw mong subukan itong dilaw na sweater?

Tatoeba user-submitted sentence

Why don't you try on this yellow sweater?

Sinubukan kong magsulat gamit ang kaliwang kamay.

Tatoeba user-submitted sentence

I tried to write with my left hand.

Sinubukan naming maunawaan ang mga letra sa pader.

Tatoeba user-submitted sentence

We tried to make out the letters written on the wall.

Sabik na niyang subukan ang surpbord na bago niya.

Tatoeba user-submitted sentence

He couldn't wait to try out his new surfboard.

Sinubukan naming maunawaan ang mga letra sa dingding.

Tatoeba user-submitted sentence

We tried to make out the letters written on the wall.

Susubukan kong huwag kang abalahin habang nag-aaral ka.

Tatoeba user-submitted sentence

I will try not to disturb you while you are studying.

Susubukan kong huwag kang abalahin habang nag-aaral ka.

Tatoeba user-submitted sentence

I'll try not to disturb you while you're studying.

Sinubukan niyang tahanin siya, pero nagpatuloy siya sa pag-iyak.

Tatoeba user-submitted sentence

She tried to comfort him, but he kept crying.

Sinubukang dumiin si Tomas sa dyins na sinuot niya noong tineydyer pa siya.

Tatoeba user-submitted sentence

Tom tried to squeeze into the jeans he had worn when he was a teenager.

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Alternate spelling(s):

subokan
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How to pronounce subukan:

SUBUKAN AUDIO CLIP:

Markup Code:
[rec:9123]

Related Filipino Words:

subók subok pagsubok subukin sumubok masubukan panunubok probado purbado

Related English Words:

give a try give something a try detect detects detected detecting test try tests tested testing tries tried trying

Grammatical Ligature:

This word plus a grammatical ligature would be:
subukang

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