takbo
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- tacbo — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /takˈbo/ [t̪ɐkˈbo]
- Rhymes: -o
- Syllabification: tak‧bo
Noun
takbó (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜃ᜔ᜊᜓ)
- run; act of running
- Synonyms: pagtakbo, (back slang) botak
- operation; working condition (of a machine, motor, etc.)
- Synonyms: andar, pag-andar
- progress; condition (of a business)
- trend (of the times)
- (by extension) flow (of water, blood, electric current, etc.)
- Synonyms: agos, pag-agos
- running; entry (of a candidate in an election)
- running away; escaping
- Synonyms: takas, pagtakas
Derived terms
- itakbo
- lakad-takbo
- magpanakbuhan
- magpatakbo
- magtakbo
- manakbo
- mananakbo
- mapatakbo
- matakbo
- pagpapatakbo
- pagtakbo
- patakbuhan
- patakbuhin
- tagapagtakbo
- tagatakbo
- takbuhan
- takbuhin
- tumakbo
- tumakbo-takbo
Further reading
- “takbo”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
- “takbo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 195: “Correr) Tacbo (pc) jeneralmente”