mambabae

Tagalog

Etymology

From mam- +‎ babae.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /mambaˈbaʔe/ [mɐm.bɐˈba.ʔɛ]
• Rhymes: -aʔe
• Syllabification: mam‧ba‧ba‧e

Verb

mambabae (complete nambabae, progressive nambababae, contemplative mambababae, 3rd actor trigger, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ)

1. to court a girl
2. to fool around with women
3. to womanize; to seduce a woman
4. to have a mistress

Inflection

Verb conjugation for mambabae

Affix		Root word			Trigger
mang- ᜋᜅ᜔		babae ᜊᜊᜁ			actor
Aspect						Imperative
Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative	Recently Complete
mambabae ᜋᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ	nambabae ᜈᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ	nambababae ᜈᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜊᜁ	mambababae ᜋᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜊᜁ	formal	kapambababae ᜃᜉᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜊᜁ	pambabae1 ᜉ ᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ
				informal	kakapambabae ᜃᜃᜉᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ kapapambabae ᜃᜉᜉᜋ᜔ᜊᜊᜁ
1 Not used in Standard Tagalog. Dialectal use only.

Related terms

• babaihin
• pambababae