kapag

Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • capag

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kaˈpaɡ/ [kɐˈpaɡ̚]
  • Rhymes: -aɡ
  • Syllabification: ka‧pag

Etymology 1

Clipping of kapagka.

Conjunction

kapág (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜄ᜔)

  1. if
    Synonyms: kapagka, pagka, pag, kung, sakali
    Kapag pupunta ka, sasama ako.
    If you will go, I will come with.

Preposition

kapág (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜄ᜔)

  1. when; at (or as soon as) that time that; if
    Synonyms: kapagka, pagka, pag, kung, sakali
    Kapag gabi na, lumalabas ang mga bituin.
    When it's night already, the stars come out.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

kapág (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜄ᜔) (obsolete)

  1. stroking and struggling of hands and feet when drowning
    Synonym: kawag
  2. flapping of a bird
    Synonym: kawag

Further reading

  • “kapag”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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