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tawagin

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

Definition for the Tagalog word tawagin:

tawagin

[verb] to call on someone; to call out to someone (who is nearby); to call someone something (a name, a nickname, etc.); to hail someone; to be called something; to summon someone

Verb conjugations of tawagin:

Focus:

Locative Root: tawagConjugation Type: -In Verb

Infinitive:

Completed (Past):

Uncompleted (Present):

Contemplated (Future):

Infinitive:

tawagin

Completed (Past):

tinawag

Uncompleted (Present):

tinatawag

Contemplated (Future):

tatawagin

Verb family:

tawagin

tumawag |

tawagan |

matawag |

itawag |

magtawág |

ipatawag |

magtawagán |

mapatawag

Usage Notes:

"tawagin" typically means "to call out (to somebody)" by voice. If you want to use a verb to "call somebody on the phone," use "tawagan" instead.

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Tawagin Example Sentences in Tagalog: (13)

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Púpuntá na tayo sa Dona Remedios Trinidad, o tinatawag na DRT.

We now will go to Dona Remedios Trinidad, also called DRT.

Tinawag ko ang asawa ko.

I called out to my wife.

Tawagin mo lang akó kung kailangan mo akó.

Just call me if you need me.

Tawagin mo na ang papa mo at kakain na tayo.

Call your dad now as we are already about to eat.

Tinawag mo ba akó?

Did you call out to me?

Sino ang tinatawag mo?

Whom are you calling out to?

Bakit mo siyá tinatawag?

Why are you calling out to him?

Bakit mo akó tinatawag?

Why were you calling out to me?

Mulâ ngayón tatawagin na kitáng "Honey Bun".

From now on I'll call you "Honey Bun".

Kunwarì ay tatawagin kitá para hindî mápansín ni Paul si Ken.

I'll pretend to call you so Paul will not notice Ken.

User-submitted Example Sentences (7):

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

Tatawagin ko siya.